That threat prompted more than 100 scientists and 15 conservation groups to send a letter urging President Biden to protect the plant. “I’m thrilled that Tiehm’s buckwheat is on the path to protection ...
In addition to designating Tiehm’s buckwheat as an endangered species, today’s announcement also finalizes 910 acres of protected critical habitat for the rare plant. That includes all the existing ...
the service said “this unit is essential to the conservation and recovery of Tiehm’s buckwheat.” The agency formalized the ...
Conservationists contend that mining would eradicate the plant from its current habitat and that the efforts to transplant the greenhouse-grown specimens to reclaimed mined areas are unproven.
One of the key challenges to the project has been Tiehm’s buckwheat, a rare flowering plant endemic to the mine site. It ...
Some environmentalists have said the plan would lead to the extinction of Tiehm’s buckwheat, a federally protected wildflower that only grows in this particular region of Nevada. The 230-page ...