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With the Rocky Mountains to the west, the Great Plains to the east, and the Chihuahuan Desert to the south, Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge encompasses a diversity of habitats. Located along the Central Flyway, the Refuge provides an important resting, feeding, and wintering area for migrating geese, ducks, and cranes.
The Desert NWR, created on May 20, 1936, is the largest wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states of the United States, [1] encompassing 1.615 million acres (6,540 km 2) of the Mojave Desert in the southern part of Nevada. [2] The refuge was originally established at 2.25 million acres. In 1940 840,000 acres were transferred to the Department of ...
Gass Peak. Gass Peak is the highest peak in the Las Vegas Range of Southern Nevada with a summit of 6,937 feet (2,114 m). [1] It is easily seen to the north of the Las Vegas Valley, bordering the city of North Las Vegas. The peak is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of Las Vegas and is within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, administered ...
Designated. 18 December 1986. Reference no. 347 [1] The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge located in the Amargosa Valley of southern Nye County, in southwestern Nevada. It is directly east of Death Valley National Park, and is 90 mi (140 km) west-northwest of Las Vegas. [2]
Jun. 8—LAS VEGAS, N.M. — Wildlife biologist Mari Quillman happily spent her Saturday morning outside the visitor center of the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, training a spotting scope on ...
The Las Vegas Range is a north–south range, with two main north–south ridgelines. The most noteworthy peak of the range, Gass Peak, elev 6,943, is in the south massif above the Las Vegas Valley. There expansive views of Las Vegas and surrounding area from the summit. The southern portion of the Las Vegas Range has the linear ridgelines ...
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: Grayson County: 1946 11,320 acres (45.8 km 2) [497] Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge: Cameron County Willacy County: 1946 65,096 acres (263.43 km 2) [498] Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Cameron County Hidalgo County Starr County Zapata County: 1979 90,788 acres (367.41 km 2) [499]
Coordinates. 36°31′56″N 115°09′49″W / 36.53222°N 115.16361°W / 36.53222; -115.16361 [1] Topo map. USGS Sheep Peak. Traversed by. Mormon Well Road. Pine Nut Road. The Yucca Forest is a valley in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of Las Vegas. [1] It is surrounded by ...