The Biden administration announced plans to protect Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, the ancestral homelands of the Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone Indians.
Responding to requests from Tribes, conservationists, sportsmen and local communities, the Department of the Interior is considering a 20-year withdrawal of the area from public land, mining, mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights.
A Federal Register notice on Dec. 31, 2024, begins a 90-day public comment period. All comments should be sent to the Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office, Attn: Edison Garcia/Ruby Mountain Withdrawal, 1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, NV 89502, or sent by email to edisongarcia@blm.gov.
