Apr 18, 2016 | AC In the News, Amargosa Vole, Groundwater, Plants and Wildlife, Resource Monitoring
From our not-so-forgotten corner of the Mojave desert: Two of our major areas of work were featured in a series on climate change produced by the Desert Sun and distributed via USA Today! That was great reading, and now here are some videos to go...
Apr 7, 2016 | Amargosa Vole, Habitat Restoration, Notes from the Field, Plants and Wildlife
In late November of 2015 our Student Conservation Association AmeriCorps intern Abby Mattson set about planning a greenhouse nursery in which to grow native three square bulrush (Schoenoplectus americanus). In the long run, this cultivated bulrush would be used in...
Mar 16, 2016 | Habitat Restoration, Notes from the Field, Tamarisk
Some might believe this is just a blown and barren land, but the Amargosa River has created an oasis in the desert. My workdays here in the Mojave Desert revolve around water: I spend every day outside and my work week starts and ends in muck boots. As an AmeriCorps...