![]() In an effort to ease criticisms from federal wildlife officials the Nevada-based renewable energy company submitted a plan to significantly reduce the size of the project to a single geothermal power plant with an estimated output of about 12 megawatts, which was approved by the Bureau of Land Management. Months of legal battles came to a head after FWS listed the rare toad as endangered and named geothermal development’s danger to the toad as a factor in their decision. The following month, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe sued the Bureau of Land Management over the project’s approval, which they argued would damage a nearby spring considered sacred to tribes, and endanger the rare desert toad. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Dixie Valley toad as endangered, a status that requires federal land managers to consult with FWS on projects with the potential to harm threatened and endangered species.įederal land managers initially signed off on the geothermal project in November 2021 - before the toad’s listing - authorizing two 30-megawatt plants and associated construction on federal land in Dixie Valley, a spring-fed desert wetland 100 miles northeast of Reno. On Wednesday, the U.S Department of the Interior announced plans to undertake a new environmental analysis of the Dixie Meadows geothermal project by Ormat Nevada Inc, following the Dixie Valley toad's listing under the Endangered Species Act and other new information.Īll construction on the geothermal project will be banned until the new environmental review is completed and federal wildlife officials determine that the project’s construction and operation is not likely to jeopardize the Dixie Valley toad, said federal land managers. You still have to wear masks and visitors have to have proof of vaccines and all that stuff, but overall, I'm well impressed with their activities.A planned geothermal plant in Nevada was sent back to square one last week after federal land managers decided to reexamine their approval of the project following the listing of a small rare toad living in adjacent springs as endangered. Unfortunately with COVID-19, and even now, they're just starting to open up. They offer a lot of socialization and activities. They have a putting green outside, a swimming pool, they arrange dances and a lot of variety of activities. (She's currently paying for three meals a day.) They have a cafe, a restaurant, and they do quite a bit of activities. You pay for one meal a day, or two or three. There is an entry fee to get in and then it's a monthly rent. They go from one-bedroom to two-bedroom and some of the two-bedroom apartments are larger than my house, like 1500 square feet. Some of them are brand new with modern appliances. The accommodation/rooms were also very nice. The food is pretty good and the facility itself is very nice. She is currently in independent living, but she can go to assisted living and then memory care if she needs to. It's such a relief to get my loved one in The Meadows of Napa Valley. I am a friend or relative of a current/past resident You still have to wear masks and visitors have to have proof of vaccines and all that stuff, but overall, I'm well impressed with their activities. ![]() Bruce It's such a relief to get my loved one in The Meadows of Napa Valley. ![]()
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