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Conservationists oppose water rights for Nevada gold mine

by Associated Press
| April 11, 2020 12:03 AM

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Five conservation groups have joined a tribe’s effort to block the expansion of a northeast Nevada gold mine they say would suck water from other area users and destroy cultural resources and habitat for sensitive wildlife dependent on nearby wetlands.

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