“Importantly, the Conservancy has played a key role for almost a decade in an extensive spring monitoring, water sampling and analysis  program. This first of its kind project has revealed the probable and varied sources of the large amounts of ground water that surface here.”

This valuable information can now be used by land and water management entities to make key decisions that will help preserve this unique desert riparian environment. As climate change and prolonged drought continue, these decisions will be critical in sustaining the natural as well as human populations in the Amargosa region. Areas of the desert that were previously “black  holes” of data are now in clearer focus due to this important monitoring work.