Are they so strong that they can be allowed to jeopardize the entire economy for the snail darter and the furbish lousewort? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Even on the near side of winter there were treasures to be found, seeds clinging to dried flowerheads of fennel, dill, and anise, and lousewort with a few seedcases that had failed to split open. ❋ Sarah Micklem (2009)
"Here's the Portland Press Herald, from the year 2000, in its list of the 'Maine Stories of the Century': 'The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River, is halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant believed to be extinct," offered The Rude Pundit. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Arctic marsh willow Salix arctophila and flame-tipped lousewort Pedicularis flammea are frequent, Lapland buttercup Ranunculus lapponicus less frequent. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Rare plants that occur or that have occurred here include heart leaf plantain, estuary beggar ticks, golden club, ovate spikerush, Parker's pipewort, Nuttall's micranthemum, Eaton's burmarigold, false pimpernel, winged monkey flower and swamp lousewort. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In one example, Coulter wrote: "The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in Maine, was halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant previously believed to be extinct." ❋ Unknown (2006)
Was the economy going to rack and ruin, for the sake of a few little fish, teetering on the brink of extinction, or a lousewort whatever that was, or some endangered worm? ❋ Lawrence M. Friedman (1985)
Mariah: What are your feelings about holding up a multi-million-dollar project that could be used to serve economic and social interests to protect a fairly unknown species-say, the snail darter or the Furbish lousewort? ❋ Unknown (2006)
River in Maine, was halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant previously believed to be extinct. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Here's the Portland Press Herald, from the year 2000, in its list of the 'Maine Stories of the Century': The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River, is halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant believed to be extinct. ❋ The Nag (2006)
Here's Coulter from Chapter 1 of Godless: The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in Maine, was halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant previously believed to be extinct. ❋ The Nag (2006)
Lying on the dry brown turf, he discovered sprigs of tiny purple milkwort and pink spots of lousewort. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Now I have to completely renegotiate the contract with the new owner, which is going to cost the Company money, which is going to reflect badly on me, although you still get to collect your Furbish's lousewort or whatever so what do you care? ❋ Unknown (1997)
The Endangered Species Act has made snail darters and spotted owls household words, but what about the furbish lousewort? ❋ Steven M. Sheffrin (1993)
An abundance of wildflowers - woolly lousewort, campion, lupine, buttercups, Arctic poppy - create a carpet of color. ❋ By STEVE ZACK (2010)
The Nature Trust will also use the funding to support a collaborative project with the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and the Edmunston Botantical Gardens that will re-introduce the endangered Furbish's lousewort, a plant unique to New Brunswick and Maine, to parts of the upper Saint John River. ❋ Unknown (2009)
