Fish Slough milk vetch surveys

A member of the survey team stretches out a measuring tape to create a transect for surveying. In the background are barren mountains.

Photo By/Credit

Nathan Hurner/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

07/27/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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Surveys for this threatened plant are conducted near Bishop, CA. Fish Slough milkvetch is federally listed as threatened. This plant is in the legume family and is found along 6 mile stretch of salt flats near Bishop, CA known as Fish Slough. This milkvetch grows in a desert wetland. Climate change and competition from nonnative plants pose challenges to recovery. Credit: Nathan Hurner/USFWS