A rare Nevada flower gets ‘endangered’ status, raising questions for a proposed lithium mine

Grist
By Emily PontecorvoDec 16, 2022, 11:30 am245 pts
Conservation groups, concerned by the mining proposal, filed a petition to protect the flower back in 2019. On Tuesday, that effort paid off: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially listed the species as endangered, also designating 910 acres in the Nevada desert as critical habitat for the plant. …

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