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BLM To Hold Public Meeting In Elko

The Bureau of Land Management is holding a public hearing in Elko this week to discuss matters related to the sage grouse protection plans currently under discussion.

The Elko Daily Free Press reports the meeting will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Elko Convention Center.

BLM officials are seeking public comment on these plans, which would involve taking millions of acres out of future development for mining operations and setting them aside for conservation.

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The public comment period for the plans runs through mid-January.

Casey Morell is the coordinating producer of Nevada Public Radio's flagship broadcast State of Nevada and one of the station's midday newscast announcers. (He's also been interviewed by Jimmy Fallon, whatever that's worth.)