On 12 November 2008 the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management published a Record of Decision and approved a Plan of Operation for a large gold extraction operation on Mt. Tenabo in Nevada. In response Western Shoshone bands have filed a complaint pleading for relief in the U.S. District Court-Reno. The Shoshone, which practice a land-based religion, alledge that Mt. Tenabo is a sacred religious site. Nevada's economy is experiencing a downturn and with gaming revenues down the new mining operation may seem like good news to many people in Nevada and Washintgon, D.C.
In October 2008 the U.S. Department of Interior-Bureau of Land Management published in the Federal Register the Notice of Availability in accrodance with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq).
In November 2008 the U.S. Department of Interior-Bureau of Land Management published a Record of Decision permitting the opening for one of the largest open pit cyanide heap leach gold mines in the United States.
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