U.S. wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered 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.
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.
“We are committed to the protection and conservation of the species and have incorporated numerous measures into our current and future plans to ensure this occurs,” Ioneer managing director Bernard Rowe said in a statement.The service's final listing rule will be published Thursday in the Federal Register.
Donnelly said the company's latest operations plan for the first phase of the mine proposes avoiding a “tiny island of land” containing 75% of its population — surrounded by an open pit mine and tailings dumps within 12 feet of the flowers.
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