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Groups sue to save fish, stop water grab along Utah-Nevada border

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on October 2, 2008 at 5:48 am

From the Deseret News:

A rare fish found only in Utah may become a snag in the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s bid to pump water from sources along the state’s border with Utah to Las Vegas.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation and the Great Basin Chapter of Trout Unlimited on Wednesday filed a notice of intent to sue Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne regarding the issue of pumping water from the Snake Valley along the border.

The groups say they’re suing for Kempthorne’s failure “to respond to a petition to protect the least chub, a rare fish species found only in Utah, as a threatened or endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act.” The claim is that the fish’s numbers have been reduced to six wild populations, including three in the Snake Valley area.

“This small minnow-like fish is an important part of the web of life in Utah,” Center for Biological Diversity science director Noah Greenwald said in a statement.

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October 2, 2008 · Filed Under Las Vegas

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