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Protection sought for rare butterflies at Nevada site

In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity are the meadows at Baltazor Hot Spring in Humboldt County, Nev., Jan. 14, 2022. Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now seeking U.S. protection for a rare butterfly at another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. The Center for Biological Diversity is now petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bleached sandhill skipper under the Endangered Species Act at the only place it's known to exist. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP) In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity is a bleached sandhill skipper in the meadows at Baltazor Hot Spring in Humboldt County, Nev., on Sept 13, 2021. Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now seeking U.S. protection for the rare butterfly at another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP) In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity is a bleached sandhill skipper in the meadows at Baltazor Hot Spring in Humboldt County, Nevada, taken on Sept 13, 2021. Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now seeking U.S. protection for the rare butterfly at another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP)
Protection sought for rare butterflies at Nevada site