I would like to give you my thoughts about our water for the future of Quinn River Valley.
I know we have been in a drought for some time in Nevada. I am concerned about the future in the Humboldt County area.
Some have been approached about selling property for an ungodly price, not for its farming or ranching value but for its water value. I do not want to lose any of my property because of low water tables if I can help it.
I am not good at politics but it is getting to a point that I have to say something. I have lived in Quinn River Valley since 1994 and don't intend to move away.
I'm asking if the Humboldt County commissioners have a part in what I'm trying to get across to make it a law in Nevada. This is what needs to be entered into Nevada water laws for Quinn River Valley: Quinn River Valley to be preserved for natural agriculture farm and grazing land and domestic property and should not be changed in the future. That no water can be pumped or transferred out of Quinn River Valley from above or below ground except by the act of God.
If the water is allowed to be transferred to other parts of the state, Quinn River Valley will have no more farming or cattle ranches and probably no domestic water either.
I would like Nevada to enact this as a law so future generations of families can save their way of life and have it for generations to come.
Lester Shaw
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