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| The Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office's Southern Nevada Field Office
is located in Las Vegas, Nevada within the Mojave Desert. The Southern Nevada Field Office was established in 1995 primarily
to work on recovery and regulatory issues related to the Mojave
population of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), a
species listed as threatened under the Endangered
Species Act (Act), and to help with efforts to conserve native
desert fishes in southern Nevada. Currently, the Southern Nevada
Field Office works with federal, state, and local partners to
recover 27 federally listed species and three candidate species
designated under the Act. We also are responsible for administrating
the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act and Bald
and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and we work with others
to protect migratory birds in southern Nevada. Our staff of 15
includes biologists and technical staff with expertise in desert
ecology, spring and riparian systems, high elevation ecosystems,
information technology, administration, and geographic information
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 Moapa Dace Numbers Up
Jack Ruggirello, a graduate student at the University of Arizona, snorkels in a shallow reach of the Muddy River system to count the Moapa dace living at the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Biologists conducted the snorkel survey in the Muddy River system during the first week of August 2012, and counted 1,181 Moapa dace. The count represents an increase of 65 percent over the number of dace found a year earlier in August 2011 (713 fish). This is the first time since February 2007 that the Moapa dace population has topped 1,000 fish. Learn more |
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Southern Nevada Field Office
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Southern Nevada Field Office
4701 North Torrey Pines Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89130
(702) 515-5230
Office Hours: M-F 7:30-4:30 |
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Last updated:
March 18, 2013
