Extended Interview

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Interviewer:  Tell me what you think of these water issues and whether this is a good idea or not for Las Vegas to be able to have access to your water.

John Reil:  I believe it's a terrible idea.  It's going to be devastating for the people around here—the ranchers and the wildlife.  I've rode all over these hills and the mountains up there are beautiful but everything is watered-off springs, all of the wildlife and livestock and the wild horses—it's all off of springs and the ranches in Pleasant Valley are all irrigated off of springs and if you start drawing the water table down that's going to be devastating.  It's going to be devastating for us here in Callao and it's also going to be devastating for the Goshute Indian Reservation—they depend on the wildlife for some of their income.  It's going to be devastating all around.