Western Watersheds Project: Bureau of Land Management Targets Crucial Desert Tortoise Habitat for Solar Development
September 07, 2024
September 07, 2024
HAILEY, Idaho, Sept. 7 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024:
LAS VEGAS - Today, the Bureau of Land Management released the Draft Environmental Impact Statementfor the Bonanza Solar Project, a 2,413-acre photovoltaic project on public lands that would be built in what experts have determined to be the most crucial Mojave desert tortoise connectivity corridor in Southern Nevada, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Over th . . .
LAS VEGAS - Today, the Bureau of Land Management released the Draft Environmental Impact Statementfor the Bonanza Solar Project, a 2,413-acre photovoltaic project on public lands that would be built in what experts have determined to be the most crucial Mojave desert tortoise connectivity corridor in Southern Nevada, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey. Over th . . .