Suit Filed to Protect One of Nevada’s Largest Bat Roosts, National Park
For immediate release – January 25, 2011
Contacts: Jon Marvel, Executive Director Western Watersheds Project, 208.788.2290 Rob Mrowka, Center for Biological Diversity, 702.249.5821
LAS VEGAS, Nev – Two conservation groups and three Indian Tribes filed suit today to protect a pristine mountain […]
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