Government,
Environmental & Energy
Dec. 7, 2022
US sued to stop parties at hot springs home of rare vole
“Amargosa voles are on the brink of extinction, but federal officials are looking the other way while people party around the clock in these little animals’ only home,” said Center for Biological Diversity Director Patrick Donnelly.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management failed to prevent recreational overuse in parts of the Mojave Desert adversely affecting the ecological habitat of a rodent species, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
In the complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles, attorneys for the Center of Biological Diversity wrote that the Amargosa vole’s remaining suitable place to live is mainly around a hot water source called Borehole Spring in the Mo...
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