A coalition of environmental groups sued the Trump administration this week to thwart the approval of the Stibnite Gold Project, a planned gold and antimony mine in Central Idaho.

Conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over approval of the Stibnite Gold Project, claiming it threatens public health, wildlife, and endangered species.

The groups argue that the mine would jeopardize public health and clean water, harm threatened plants and animals, and permanently scar public lands.

A coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Forest Service for its approval last month of an open-pit gold mine in the headwaters of the South Fork of the Salmon River near McCall.