On first glance I thought this might be related to the proposed lithium mine
near McDermitt, but it turns out to be another one farther south in Nevada,
near Dyer.
[ https://www.wired.com/story/lithium-mine-for-batteries-versus-the-wildflower/ ;
| https://www.wired.com/story/lithium-mine-for-batteries-versus-the-wildflower/ ;
]
The closing paragraph really caught my attention:
"Perhaps, [Naomi Fraga] speculated, the plant has a natural cycle that we don’t
yet comprehend. A single buckwheat can live for centuries. Our human eyes have
beheld this species for such a brief time. Who are we to say how resilient it
is?"
--
Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
