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Center for Biological Diversity News Release

The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to permanently protect Inyo rock daisies as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act.

“This vote is a huge victory for these special wildflowers,” said botanist Maria Jesus, whose field surveys document the plant’s current range. “With the threat of a massive gold mine looming on the horizon, this rare daisy now has help from the state of California to prevent it from sliding into extinction.”

Today’s unanimous vote grants the wildflowers threatened status under the California Endangered Species Act. This gives Inyo rock daisies (Perityle inyoensis) legal protections and requires state and local agencies to manage threats to them.

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