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1 Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Southern Nevada Water Authority. 2006. Stipulation for withdrawal of protests regarding SNWA groundwater applications (#54003-54021) in Spring Valley hydrographic area (#184). 18 pp., plus exhibits.

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Southern Nevada Water Authority. 2008. Stipulation for withdrawal of protests regarding SNWA groundwater applications (#53987-53992) in Delmar, Dry Lake, and Cave Valley hydrographic areas (#180–182). 16 pp., plus exhibits.

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Bureau of Land Management. 2011a. Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Bureau of Land Management, Reno, Nevada.

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65 FR 3875 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for “Erigeron decumbens” var. “decumbens” (Willamette Daisy) and Fender’s Blue Butterfly (“Icaricia icarioides fenderi”) and Threatened Status for “Lupinus sulphureus” ssp. “kincaidii” (Kincaid’s Lupine); Final Rule. January 25, 2000.

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10 Personal Communication

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