This small plant grows to a few inches in size and has tiny yellow flowers that bloom for only a few weeks in June. Gypsum exploration and mining would damage the bladderpod by removing vegetation and ...

They then tested how well each membrane maintains its capacity to desalinate a controlled composition of gypsum-saturated saline ... roll out at the desalination plant level.

The Service will now begin a full status review of the species. This rare plant is found only in southern Montana’s Pryor Desert, where it is under imminent threat from gypsum mining. “This is an ...