The Ruby Mountains are seen from Spring Creek, Nevada, showing Ruby Dome on the right, on April 24, 2007. (Gary L. Clark) Liberty Lake is seen along the Ruby Crest Trail in the Ruby Mountains on ...

President Biden is moving to restrict oil and gas leases in the Ruby Mountains for 20 years, a plan proposed just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office.

Biden moves to bar oil, gas and geothermal development in a Nevada mountain range for 20 years The lands would remain open to gold mining. By The Associated Press • Published December 30, 2024 ...

Nevada’s Ruby Mountains have been targeted by Trump in the past. During Trump’s first term, his administration proposed auctioning off more than 500,000 acres of land in Nevada for oil and gas ...

Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Monday took steps to protect the Ruby Mountains in northeast Nevada from oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years. The Interior Department ...

President Joe Biden’s administration said Monday it is taking steps to bar oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years in northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. The administration said it ...