Dragonfly Placer Mine Would Harm Wildlife, Irreplaceable Cultural Sites
RIDGECREST, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–July 21, 2015. Responding to environmental groups’ request for review, the California director of the Bureau of Land Management has overturned the agency’s approval for plans to develop the Dragonfly Placer gold mine in the Mojave Desert.
In reversing the Ridgecrest Field Office’s decision to allow the mine, Jim Kenna agreed with conservationists that impacts of the mine exploration proposal were not adequately addressed. The…
