Botanist Florencia Peredo Ovalle works in her greenhouse in Gardnerville on May 21. Ovalle, who works for Ioneer, cares for specimens of Tiehm's buckwheat as part of an experiment aimed at helping to keep the desert plant from going extinct while still allowing the company to dig for lithium on land where it grows.

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Green agendas clash as rare plant grows in Gardnerville

It's part of a lithium mining company's grand experiment intended to help keep an extremely rare desert plant from going extinct.

• By By Scott Sonner Associated Press
• July 29, 2024