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Summary and Cumulative Impacts Hundreds of species have been recorded within the 72 proposed lithium extraction sites, including 248 rare and/or special status species. Of these, eight are federally listed under the Endangered Species Act as Endangered Species, two are federally listed as Threatened Species, and 59 are listed by states as Endangered, Threatened, or some other special status. The remainder of the 248 species are IUCN-listed as Near Threatened, Vulnerable, or Endangered, or are state-tracked for some other purpose. Birds were the most commonly recorded taxonomic group, and appeared across the broadest geographic range of sites. As two examples, Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) was recorded at 27 Project Sites across California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, and Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at 26 Project Sites across California, Nevada, and Wyoming. A complete list of special status species is available in Supplemental Information D. Wetland habitat was the most commonly occurring mapped habitat type; it was recorded at Project Sites in all nine states. All methods of lithium extraction have the potential to impact wetlands and species that are dependent on groundwater and surface water. Therefore, a cumulative impacts analysis focused on this habitat type is necessary to determine the true impacts of lithium extraction on wetland habitat and the species it supports. Specifically, the saline lakes in the western United States provide a system of feeding and resting sites for inland shorebird migration in a north and south pattern. The health of this poorly understood complex of open water and wetlands has huge implications for the survival of bird populations, especially shorebirds, in the Pacific Flyway (Anderson et al. 2021; Murray et al.2018). The cumulative impacts of lithium extraction on or near these saline lakes and small perennial wetlands, combined with climate change aridification, may result in a more serious long- term impact in bird populations than what may be suggested at each extraction site individually. Photo © Eric Hunt, used under an Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. Potential Lithium Extraction in the United States: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Implications 42 AUGUST 2022PDF Image | Potential Lithium Extraction in the United States
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