ENDANGERED WILDLIFE

ENDANGERED WILDLIFE WILL SUFFER FROM THIS QUARRY.

This quarry will put protected animals at risk due to the collapse of nearby caves and springs from explosive blasts, noise pollution, and hazardous waste contaminating the local water supply.

With a large majority of possible endangered species in the local area being aquatic, the preservation of our local springs and waterways is vital. The daily activities of the proposed quarry will have a lasting impact on surrounding springs and wells, leading to the collapse of the ecosystem that sustains it.

Below are the animals found in Bartow County listed as protected and endangered.

  • Gray Bat

  • Bald Eagle

  • Cherokee Darter

  • Cylindrical Lioplax

  • Upland Combshell Mussel

  • Fine-lined Pocketbook Mussel

  • Alabama Moccasinshell Mussel

  • Southern Clubshell Mussel

  • Ovate Clubshell Mussel

  • Triangular Kidneyshell Mussel

  • Frecklebelly Madtom

 

Below are the plants found in Bartow County listed as protected and endangered.

  • Twinleaf

  • Cumberland rose gentian

  • Bay star-vine

  • Tennessee yellow-eyed grass

The Tennessee yellow-eyed grass is found in the immediate area of the quarry site!

The Tennessee yellow-eyed grass is extremely rare and endangered. Tennessee yellow-eyed grass is ranked S1 in Georgia and G2 Globally for conservation.

Found in only 15 places statewide, the Tennessee yellow-eyed grass can only survive in seepy margins of limestone spring runs¹.

Owners of the land adjacent to the quarry site have a documented population of this critically imperiled plant. This population is reliant on the natural spring which also borders the quarry site.

Blasting from the quarry will likely collapse the natural spring, destroying the endangered population of the Tennessee yellow-eyed grass.

S1- Critically imperiled

Critically Imperiled—Critically imperiled in Georgia because of extreme rarity or because of some factor(s) such as very steep declines making it especially vulnerable to extirpation from the state.

G2- Imperiled

Imperiled—At high risk of extinction or elimination due to very restricted range, very few populations, steep declines, or other factors.

Xyris tennesseensis by Mincy Moffett. Georgia Wildlife Resources Department of Wildlife Division

Xyris tennesseensis by Mincy Moffett. Georgia Wildlife Resources Department of Wildlife Division