A swath of federal land in southeastern Nevada will not be auctioned off as planned after warnings that fracking there could threaten Mesquite’s water supply.
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More than 550,000 acres in White Pine, Lincoln and Nye counties could be auctioned off this month by the Bureau of Land Management for oil and gas exploration. Local governments, Native American tribes and environmental groups are concerned.
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