 Nevada and Utah are among the states establishing plans to cover private sector workers as well as state and local government workers. A conservation group is seeking federal protections for a rare Nevada fish whose habitat is confined to a few groundwater-fed springs in the dry state of the Union. Nevada Current reports that on Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeking protection under the Endangered Species Act for the Oasis Valley Speckled Dace.