US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near Nevada lithium mine
by Scott Sonner
Feb 09, 2024
2 minutes
Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a full, year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a finding published Thursday in the Federal Register that enough scientific exists to warrant the review
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