RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday that enough scientific exists to warrant the review. Environmentalists say that groundwater pumping at the Thacker Pass mine could push the Kings River pryg to the brink of extinction. The agency doesn’t believe the snail is currently in danger of going extinct, but it says some potential and existing threats could impact it in the future.
