Western Watersheds Project: Conservationists Challenge Failure To Deliver Desert Tortoise Protections In Southern Nevada
September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023:
Western Watersheds Project sued the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others today for failing to protect the Mojave desert tortoise and 77 other rare species subject to the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (Habitat Conservation Plan). The Habitat Conservation Plan was created to offset the development of nearly 170,000 acres of land o . . .
Western Watersheds Project sued the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others today for failing to protect the Mojave desert tortoise and 77 other rare species subject to the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (Habitat Conservation Plan). The Habitat Conservation Plan was created to offset the development of nearly 170,000 acres of land o . . .