Environmental advocates have initiated legal proceedings against a federal agency in an effort to secure safeguards for an imperiled amphibian species. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service demanding protection for the critically endangered Railroad Valley toad under the Endangered Species Act. This challenge emerges while the current administration advances initiatives to increase fossil fuel extraction in proximity to the toad’s sole habitat. The Railroad Valley toad lives exclusively in a single 445-acre spring-fed wetland complex in central Nevada. According to the lawsuit, the Trump administration’s push for fossil fuel development threatens … Continue reading Nevada’s 445-Acre Toad Habitat Faces Extinction Threat Amid Oil Expansion