Text - S.3145 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Desert.
The Desert National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in northwestern Clark and southwestern Lincoln counties, with much of its land area lying within the southeastern section of the Nevada Test and Training Range. The Desert NWR, created on May 20, 1936, is the largest wildlife refuge in the.Desert National Wildlife Refuge. Twice the size of Rhode Island plus 250,000 football fields, the largest national wildlife refuge outside of Alaska, does indeed lie in Nevada. Address: 16001 CORN CREEK ROAD LAS VEGAS, NV 89124. Phone: (702) 879-6110 (702) 879-6110.LAS VEGAS -- Conservation groups say Nevada eventually could lose its Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of Las Vegas if Congress approves a request from the U.S. Air Force to expand its.
The building served as a residence for Refuge staff in Las Vegas from 1942 to about 1980, when it was converted to use for offices and storage. The Refuge was created in 1936 to promote preservation of desert wildlife, particularly desert bighorn sheep. The Refuge is the largest wildlife refuge in the contiguous United States.The Desert National Wildlife Refuge, north of Las Vegas, is the largest wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states encompassing 1.6 million acres.
The Desert National Wildlife Refuge just north of Las Vegas is a precious gem within America’s western public lands. It reaches across six major mountain ranges and hosts seven distinct habitat zones for plant and animal life, from saltbush at the valley floor to bristlecone pines growing at nearly 10,000 feet within the Sheep Mountain Range.
