Stay updated with breaking news from Silver Peak Range. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
CARSON CITY — Commencing this month, the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be undertaking a comprehensive review to determine if enhanced protection under state law is needed for the rare Tiehm buckwheat, a native plant species that lives exclusively within the Silver Peak Range in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
I’ll admit it, I am somewhat of an environmentalist. I have spent days, and sometimes weeks in the great outdoors both as a firefighter and as someone who enjoys backpacking. And I burn a little...
An Australian mining company has been cited for endangering a 6-inch desert wildflower less than a week after the Department of Energy signed off on a $700 million conditional loan for the company to mine lithium in Nevada.
The US Bureau of Land Management has issued a trespass notice to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC for the unauthorized use of certain Tiehm’s buckwheat habitat. The areas were being used as a laydown area for geotechnical drilling operations associated with collection of subsurface data. Rhyolite Ridge is a large, shallow...
The Bureau of Land Management said in a trespass notice to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC that it has confirmed land was disturbed within the designated critical habitat for Tiehm’s buckwheat, a 6-inch-tall desert wildflower with yellow blooms.