Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex

The Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north and west of Las Vegas, Nevada in northwestern Clark, southwestern Lincoln, and southern Nye counties in southern Nevada. The complex covers over 1.5 million acres (6,000 km²) and includes the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge, the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, and the Amargosa Pupfish Station.

Species of concern in the Wildlife Refuge Complex

Endangered

Endangered species include:

• Southwestern willow flycatcher
• Moapa dace

Threatened

• Bald eagle
• Desert tortoise
• Peregrine falcon

Notes

References

• Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Las Vegas Sun
• Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

External links

• Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge