Just days after U.S. wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered at the site of a proposed lithium mine, federal land managers are initiating a review of the latest project plans the developer says will allow the mine and flower to co-exist.
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management published a notice of intent Tuesday to move forward with the environmental review despite last week’s determination by Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service that Tiehm’s buckwheat is on the brink of extinction.
