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This is infuriating. A rare plant was removed from the US Endangered Species list despite 90% of its population occurring on one Washington golf course. The result was fairly predictable. The golf course mows it down, and we have a completely avoidable extinction risk of not only an important pollinator plant, but an Indigenous first food too.

#PNW #EndangeredSpecies #plants

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/31/bradshaws-lomatium-camas-golf-course/

Rare plant plowed under at Camas golf course leaves researchers worried

Some experts are worried that the removal of a rare plant on a Camas golf course is a sign of species losing federal protections too soon.
Erik Neumann (OPB)
#plants #pnw #EndangeredSpecies
Phil Stevens
I've always harboured a seething hatred of golf courses because of the way so many developers bulldozed irreplaceable desert ecosystems in the area where I grew up. They would carefully "transplant" mature saguaros to line the fairways and greens in order to make stunning brochure photos, but the cactuses nearly all died within a few years from shock, overwatering, or root rot.

GlennMG hat dies geteilt

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