Kyle Roerink

Kyle Roerink is the Great Basin Water Network’s executive director, kyleroerink@greatbasinwater.org.

He worked on Capitol Hill prior to joining GBWN and spent the early part of his career as a newspaper reporter in the West. He is indebted to the selflessness of the GBWN family — a group of folks who have groundwater springs pumping in their hearts. Kyle enjoys spending time with bristlecone pines and swimming in cold, high country streams.

The Great Basin Water Network (GBWN) was formed to protect the water resources of the Great Basin for residents, animals and plants. The Network promotes effective water conservation programs including economic incentives for water smart-practices as opposed to multi-million dollar projects that would burden urban taxpayers while leaving rural communities in jeopardy. As more people populate the Great Basin, water providers are expanding use of ground and surface water resources. This has created a climate for water exploitation threatening the balance between the human and natural environment.