Groups to US: Protect Nevada flower from mine or face court

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conservationists say they're ready to take federal wildlife officials back to court. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency missed this month's deadline to finalize its year-old proposal to add Tiehm's buckwheat to the endangered species list.

Published 3 months ago · Reno, United States

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Groups to US: Protect Nevada flower from mine or face court

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they'll sue them again for failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could be destroyed by a lithium mine.

3 months ago·United States

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Groups to US: Protect Nevada flower from mine or face court

Conservationists say they're ready to take federal wildlife officials back to court in a three-year-long fight over endangered species protection for a rare wildflower in Nevada

3 months ago·United States

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Groups to US: Protect Nevada flower from mine or face court

By SCOTT SONNER Associated PressRENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists say they’re ready to take federal wildlife officials back to court in a three-year-long fight over endangered species protection for a rare wildflower in Nevada. Thiem’s buckwheat only exists at the site of a proposed lithium mine. The Fish and Wildlife Service concluded last October that the wildflower was at risk of extinction and proposed declaring it endangered. It had one ye…

3 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Legal threat over lithium mine in rare Nevada flower habitat

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they’ll sue them again failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could be destroyed by a lithium mine. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice this week of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for missing this month’s deadline to finalize its year-old proposal to add Tiehm’s buckwheat to …

3 months ago·Tacoma, United States

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Legal threat over lithium mine in rare Nevada flower habitat

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they’ll sue them again failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could […]

3 months ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Legal threat over lithium mine in rare Nevada flower habitat

Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they'll sue them again failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could be destroyed by a lithium mine. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice this week of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for missing this month's deadline to finalize its year-old proposal to add Tiehm’s buckwheat to the list of endang…

3 months ago·Jacksonville, United States

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