Rancher Tom Baker describes the importance of keeping groundwater allocation as it is for his land and animals on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in Garrison, Utah. Baker’s ranch spans from the border of Nevada into Utah and produces beef cattle. His irrigation system would no longer work if the surrounding springs and groundwater basins were depleted by the now-defunct Vegas Pipeline, which would have spanned 300-miles from northeastern Nevada to Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenschmidttt