Legal agreement: Land managers will reconsider allowing target shooting in 90% of monument, providing opportunity to protect desert life, cultural resources.
Lawsuit Targets Utah Highway Through Protected Conservation Lands, Threatened Tortoise Habitat biologicaldiversity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from biologicaldiversity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Wilderness Society joined other groups as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior, alleging that the Trump administration violated the law when it granted right-of-way for a disruptive highway project through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in southwest Utah. The government ignored likely impacts to Mojave desert tortoise populations, which include habitat fragmentation and increased invasive species.