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Federal wildlife officials have agreed to conduct a year-long review to determine whether a tiny snail found only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine being built along the Nevada-Oregon line should be listed as a threatened or endangered species.
The huge lithium mine development is a key part of Biden's climate agenda.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that they will assess whether a planned lithium mine will push the Kings River pyrg, found only in 13 high-desert springs, to extinction.
The snail is currently known to exist in only 13 isolated springs within a 14-mile radius.
The snail is currently known to exist in only 13 isolated springs within a 14-mile radius.