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For Immediate Release, March 11, 2021
Contact:
Peter Lesica, Montana Native Plant Society, lesica.peter@gmail.com
Dick Walton, Pryors Coalition, (406)-656-9064, info@PryorMountains.org
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Rare Montana Plant
Thick-leaf Bladderpod Threatened by Gypsum Mining
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Mont. Conservation groups filed a petition today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the thick-leaf bladderpod under the Endangered Species Act. The rare plant is found in a small area of southern Montana’s Pryor Desert, where it is supposed to be protected, but instead is under imminent threat by gypsum mining.
“This burly little plant survives in a harsh, cold desert, but it can’t survive mining,” said Tamara Strobel, a staff scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “Without protection under the Endangered Species Act, the thick-leaved bladderpod and its unique habitat will be lost forever.”
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