A tiny Nevada fish living in the shadow of a proposed lithium mine has sparked an escalating Endangered Species Act debate.
Eight months after proposing to list the Fish Lake Valley tui chub as endangered under the ESA, the Fish and Wildlife Service this week reopened a public comment period that closed last July. While such extensions are not uncommon, this belated move could become a plot twist for what was the first ESA listing proposal originated in the second Trump administration.
“We are taking this action to conduct a public hearing and to allow all interested parties an additional opportunity to comment on the proposed rule,” the FWS stated.
The newly scheduled Feb. 19 virtual hearing and the extended public comment deadline of March 6 came at the request of Esmeralda County officials, who oppose giving the tui chub federal protections
