Agreement Sets Swift Timeline for Federal Government's Decisions on Tiehm's Buckwheat Protection
For Immediate Release, May 17, 2021 Contact: Agreement Sets Swift Timeline for Federal Government’s Decisions on Tiehm’s Buckwheat Protection LAS VEGAS, Nev.— The Center for Biological Diversity and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reached an agreement today that requires the agency to decide by May 31 whether Nevada’s rare Tiehm’s buckwheat warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act. The agreement is the result of litigation by the Center and a recentruling by a federal judge that the Service must make a determination on protections for the imperil...