PhoenixSerenity<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a> today&nbsp;petitioned&nbsp;the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FishAndWildlifeService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FishAndWildlifeService</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protect</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desert</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wildflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflower</span></a> under the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EndangeredSpeciesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpeciesAct</span></a> .<br>The white-margined <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/penstemon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penstemon</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PenstemonAlbomarginatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenstemonAlbomarginatus</span></a>) grows in&nbsp;four distinct population centers: Clark &amp; Nye counties in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> ; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SanBernardino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanBernardino</span></a> County in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> ; and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> ’s <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mohave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohave</span></a> County.</p><p><a href="https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/protections-sought-for-rare-mojave-desert-wildflower-threatened-by-urban-sprawl-energy-development-2023-03-16/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">biologicaldiversity.org/w/news</span><span class="invisible">/press-releases/protections-sought-for-rare-mojave-desert-wildflower-threatened-by-urban-sprawl-energy-development-2023-03-16/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtRisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a></p>