The proposed is only the biggest threat facing the flower. It also is threatened by road-building, livestock grazing, rodents that eat it, invasive plants and climate change, the service said. It s…
RENO, Nev. — U.S. wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered on Wednesday at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries.
“We find that a threatened species status is not appropriate because the threats are severe and imminent, and Tiehm’s buckwheat is in danger of extinction now, as opposed to likely to become endangered in the future,” the agency said. But the listing under the Endangered Species Act subjects the mine to it’s most stringent regulatory requirement to date.
Ioneer said the decision “provides further clarity for the path forward” and is “fully in line with Ioneer’s expectations” for development of the mine site at Rhyolite Ridge in the Silver Peak Range west of Tonopah near the California border. The flowers are found on a total of just 10 acres spread across about 3 square miles . Federal agencies are prohibited from approving any activity on federal lands that could destroy, modify or adversely affect any listed species’ critical habitat.
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