Nevada

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News Releases for Nevada

FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENT WHISTLEBLOWER REINSTATED FOR APPEAL

Judge Finds “Substantial Likelihood” Whistleblower Will Prevail in His Complaint

NEW TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST PROPOSAL LACKS BALANCE, QUIET RECREATION SHORTCHANGED

Hikers, campers, anglers and other forest visitors worry that new Forest Service proposal would lead to more noise, pollution and safety risks from dirt bikes and off-road vehicles

BLM WHISTLEBLOWER WINS APPEAL OVER TOXIC NEVADA MINE

Labor Department Confirms Retaliatory Firing in Violation of Anti-Pollution Laws

HELICOPTER CRASHES IN NEVADA COYOTE HUNT

Accidents Mount as National Review of Aerial Gunning Safety Underway

LEGAL PETITION TO SAVE NEVADA’S AMARGOSA TOAD

Off-Road Traffic and Habitat Destruction May Doom Toad without Intervention

BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILS TO PROTECT RARE SAND MOUNTAIN BLUE BUTTERFLY

SAN FRANCISCO— The Bush administration today refused to extend the protections of the Endangered Species Act to the rare Sand Mountain blue butterfly, despite the fact that it has steadily declined…

RARE BUTTERFLY PROTECTED BY EMERGENCY OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CLOSURE IN SAND MTN NEVADA

RENO, Nev.– Yesterday the Bureau of Land Management announced an emergency closure of 3,985 acres of public land in and adjacent to the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada, to off-road…

BLM WHISTLEBLOWER WINS RULING ON TOXIC NEVADA MINE

BLM Illegally Fired Manager for Disclosing Pollution Dangers

BLM GIVES BACK $700,000 IN FEDERAL CLEANUP FUNDS FOR NEVADA

Agency Acquiesced to Atlantic Richfield’s Plan for Anaconda Mine Remediation

BLM MANAGER FOR ANACONDA MINE FILES WHISTLEBLOWER CHARGE

Abrupt Termination Due to Raising Pollution and Safety Problems



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