Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV 89130-2301
Plan Your Visit
The Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office was established in 1995 primarily to work on recovery and regulatory issues related to the Mojave population of the threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), and to help with efforts to conserve native desert fishes in southern Nevada. In April 2025, the Southern Nevada Office merged with the Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office. The Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office, established in 2011, focuses on wildlife conservation related to renewable energy development, habitat conservation planning, and interagency cooperation in Imperial, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties in California, as well as the desert portions of Kern, Los Angeles, and Inyo counties.
Services
We offer a handful of services to support plant, fish, and wildlife conservation—especially federal threatened or endangered species. Different services are tailored to different groups and situations, so if you want to proactively support imperiled species conservation on your property or if you wonder how federally-protected plants and animals may factor into your situation, explore the services we offer.
About
The Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office works to conserve the natural biological diversity of the Inland Empire, Great Basin, eastern Sierra, Mojave, and Colorado Deserts, by working with multiple partners such as Federal, State, local, and non-governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations to recover species listed under the Endangered Species Act from southern Nevada and Southern California.
Our staff includes biologists and technical experts in desert ecology, shrub communities, spring and riparian systems, high elevation ecosystems and an administrative team.
