Gold mining and urban sprawl are two of the most ... and at one time was very common throughout the Carson and Eagle Valleys of western Nevada. But habitat loss has gradually chipped away at the ...

In the south, the wildflower is found in the Amargosa River Basin outside Death Valley, from Nevada’s Ash Meadows ... Additionally, gold and lithium mining proposals target the same groundwater ...

Death by wildflower In many ways, Nevada’s so-called lithium rush isn’t a race at all. There are many bureaucratic hurdles a mining project can take upward of a decade to clear to ensure it ...

An Australian mining company’s lithium-boron mine in Nevada passed all environmental ... calling the mine an unacceptable threat to an endangered wildflower known as Tiehm’s buckwheat.

Nevada is home to the only existing lithium mine in the U.S. and another is currently under construction near the Oregon line 220 miles (354 kilometers) north of Reno.

Hydrologic modeling shows that agriculture supporting Nevada’s largest dairy ... faced by the northern population, numerous gold and lithium mining proposals target the same groundwater that sustains ...