Webb3 feb. 2024 · KRNV’s Ramsey Pfeffinger wrote more about Reno’s abnormally dry January. On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed critical habitat protections for Tiehm’s buckwheat, an endemic native plant species, found only on a small stretch of land in Nevada and above terrain eyed for the planned Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine. Webb4 aug. 2024 · RENO, Nev. (AP) — A botanist hired by a company planning to mine one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world believes a rare desert wildflower at the Nevada site should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, a move that could jeopardize the project, new documents show.
US to list Nevada flower as endangered, dealing blow to ioneer
Eriogonum tiehmii, known as Tiehm's buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Silver Peak Range of Esmeralda County, Nevada in the United States. Its only known population is at high risk of destruction due to proposed mining for lithium (used for batteries in electric vehicles) by Australian … Visa mer It was first formally named by American botanist James L. Reveal in 1985 in The Great Basin Naturalist. Reveal named the plant for Arnold "Jerry" Tiehm who first collected the species in 1983, while working at the Visa mer Eriogonum tiehmii is a small, perennial herbaceous plant, growing about 30 cm (12 in) across and up to 16 cm (6 in) tall with blue-grey … Visa mer Tiehm's buckwheat is considered critically imperiled ("at very high risk of extinction or elimination") due to its small population, small habitat and threat from mining activities; Tiehm was … Visa mer WebbAbout Tiehm’s buckwheat. Tiehm’s buckwheat (Eriogonum tiehmii) is a perennial forb that was first identified at Rhyolite Ridge in Esmeralda County, Nevada in 1983. No other … slaughter of the amalekites
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Webb11 apr. 2024 · The Rhyolite Ridge project reportedly holds the largest known lithium and boron deposit in North America, according to Ioneer, an Australian company. Environmentalists have raised concerns about a rare wild flower that only grows in the soil near the mining site, the Tiehm’s buckwheat plant. Webb“Tiehm’s buckwheat shouldn’t be wiped off the face of the Earth by an open-pit mine. The Service stepping in to save this plant from extinction is the right call.” The Rhyolite Ridge … Webb21 nov. 2024 · The U.S. produces less than 1% of the global supply of lithium, and its entire supply comes from one facility operated by Albemarle Corp. roughly 80 miles south of … slaughter of eagles