Feds Must Act on Status of Rare Wildflower Near Lithium Mine (1)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has 30 days to decide whether to list the Tiehm’s buckwheat as endangered under federal law, a Nevada federal court ruled in a win for a group challenging an ioneer Corp. mining project’s impact on the flower.

The Center for Biological Diversity, the plaintiff in the lawsuit, sufficiently showed an “emergency posing a significant risk to the well-being” of the rare wildflower under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

The plant is located at the site of ioneer’s proposed open-pit lithium and boron mine, which ...