Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a wonderful place to hop your way into spring. An easy day trip of 90 miles from Las Vegas, this 24,000-acre refuge lies in Amargosa Valley, a few miles beyond ...

SHOSHONE, Calif. — Some landowners would be alarmed — even angry — to discover a federally protected species on their property. Not Susan Sorrells. The fourth-generation owner of this tiny tourist ...

Despite its seemingly inhospitable desert climate, Nevada is home to a wide array of biological diversity, including many threatened and endangered species. Statewide there are 26 endangered species ...

One type of pupfish — the Devil’s Hole pupfish — live in a small crevice adjacent to Ash Meadows that provides a rare view of the underground aquifer in Amargosa Valley. Divers have gone down 500 feet ...

Fairbanks Spring (main photo) at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada is imperiled by a proposed lithium mine, according to environmentalists. Top right, the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfish, ...

High Country News’ twice weekly email newsletter includes our latest on-the-ground reporting and investigations from across the West. In early November, the Domestic Names Committee of the U.S. Board ...

2007-05-27 04:00:00 PDT Death Valley National Park-- The last place anyone would expect to find fish is Devil's Hole, a chasm in the middle of the Mojave Desert where a 100-degree day is mild and the ...

Thanks to Laura Pritchett (“Laughter, America, Death Valley,” HCN, 2/5/18) and her sweetheart, Kevin, for paying homage to laughter, sorrow and native desert fishes. Death Valley’s pupfish species set ...

In a hard-fought victory for conservation groups in Nevada, federal land managers have agreed to provide public notice for all new exploration or mining projects near the Ash Meadows National Wildlife ...