Conservation group sues to protect rare Nevada wetland wildflower • Nevada Current

Conservation group sues to protect rare Nevada wetland wildflower • Nevada Current

Tecopa bird’s beak in wetland habitat in Esmeralda County, Nevada. Photo by Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity.A conservation group is suing the federal government for delaying its decision on whether to list a rare wetland wildflower that grows in Nevada and California as an endangered or threatened species. The lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, alleges the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangere…