She and Donnelly were there to present at a symposium concerning the Amargosa Basin, a 5,500-square-mile region around Death Valley defined by its eponymous river. The basin, which is home to Ash ...
Though Amargosa Valley lies within the same hydrological basin as Ash Meadows, making the case to cease operations for endangered species is a further stretch this time because of distance.
AMARGOSA VALLEY (KTNV) — Here in Nevada, there's been an uptick in mining interest for what are called critical minerals— resources like lithium, magnesium and copper— deemed vital to the ...
In response, the Amargosa Conservancy and the Center for ... claims near Ash Meadows,” said Patrick Donnelly, the Great Basin director for the Center for Biological Diversity, which originally ...
“This is a remarkable victory for our community here in the Amargosa Basin,” said Mason Voehl, executive director of the Amargosa Conservancy. “The message from our members and neighbors was loud and ...
“These new mining claims are a real escalation against our efforts to save Ash Meadows and the Amargosa River Basin,” said Patrick Donnelly, Great Basin director at the Center for Biological Diversity ...
Why it matters: Water The Amargosa River watershed connects a string of rural towns starting in Beatty and ending in Death Valley National Park’s Badwater Basin. Ash Meadows, sometimes called ...
Badwater Basin, at 282 feet below sea level, also is the final destination for water from the Amargosa River, which begins in Beatty. The flow feeds the underwater aquifer. Amargosa Conservancy ...
executive director of the nonprofit Amargosa Conservancy. The largely underground river, which flows from Beatty down into Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, is the lifeblood of the ...
“The decision gives the Amargosa toad, Oasis Valley speckled dace and Carson Valley monkeyflower a fighting chance at survival,” said Patrick Donnelly, Great Basin director at the Center for ...