A spring wildflower bloom in the Amargosa Basin as seen from the proposed Ash Meadows Mine exploration project.
The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and conservation groups just filed a lawsuit in federal district court to halt exploratory mine drilling near the springs and wetlands of #AshMeadows National Wildlife Refuge.
These waters, which feed into the #Amargosa River, are sacred to the Timbisha.
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