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Associated Press - September 18, 2009 1:05 PM ET
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Seward County man has lost his battle to protect a threatened wildflower that once existed at a public lake in Nebraska.
On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that Patrick Reed could not force the state to prevent an electrical-transmission line from being upgraded at the Twin Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Seward County.
Reed argued the project, which is under way, would endanger the western prairie fringed orchid, considered a threatened species. But the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the flower no longer exists in the area, that there is no suitable habitat for it there.
The high court ruled that Reed did not have standing to bring the case, because the issue did not rise to the level of "great public concern."
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Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/opinions/2009/september/sept18/s08-1261.pdf
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