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Plants and Wildlife

Reflecting on Phainopeplas in Shoshone

Reflecting on Phainopeplas in Shoshone

By Morrigan DeVito, Restoration & Plant Stewardship Coordinator When you find a Phainopepla in a mesquite bosque, everything else comes into focus. I search for them in Shoshone Village by scanning the tops of the mesquites with my naked eye, looking especially...

2024 SUMMER SPEAKER SERIES

2024 SUMMER SPEAKER SERIES

Amargosa Conservancy is pleased to announce our 2024 Summer Speaker Series! This third offering of our virtual Summer Speaker Series will feature dedicated employees from the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These...

Enjoy this boring plant, while you can

Enjoy this boring plant, while you can

Despite being part of the rose family, there is really nothing about blackbrush -- Coleogyne ramosissima -- that commands your attention. Even after the rare very wet desert springs when it comes into full bloom, its flowers are pallid yellow, pretty close up but...

Rare Plants of Tecopa

Rare Plants of Tecopa

by Naomi Fraga Amargosa Conservancy Board Treasurer Director of Conservation Programs, California Botanic Garden The Amargosa Basin is globally renowned among desert locations for its unique and rich biodiversity. Across the length of this “hide and seek” river, we...

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