The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located 90 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada. The refuge was created on June 18, 1984. This 23,000 acre refuge is part of the larger Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which also includes the Desert National Wildlife Range, the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge, the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, and the Amargosa Pupfish Station. A Wildlife refuge is a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected. ... The USFWS logo The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that is dedicated to managing and preserving wildlife. ... Jump to: navigation, search Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign just to the south of the Las Vegas Strip welcoming visitors to the city City nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Location Location of Las Vegas in Nevada Government County Clark Mayor Oscar B. Goodman Physical characteristics Area      Land... Jump to: navigation, search June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about the year 1984. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map showing the Desert National Wildlife Reserve and other federal properties in southern Nevada The Desert National Wildlife Range is a protected wildlife refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located north of Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Amargosa Pupfish Station is a protected wildlife refuge located in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the National Park Service, located 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada in Nye County. ...

The refuge was established to provide habitat for at least 24 indigenous plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. Four fish and one plant are currently listed as endangered. Jump to: navigation, search The word indigenous is an adjective derived from the Latin word indigena, meaning native, belonging to, aboriginal; and has several applications: Indigenous peoples, communities and cultures native or indigenous to a territory; Indigenous (band), a Native American blues-rock band; In biology, indigenous means native to... An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ...

This concentration of indigenous life distinguishes Ash Meadows as having a greater concentration of endemic life than any other local area in the United States and the second greatest in all of North America. Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean belonging or native to, characteristic of, or prevalent in a particular geography, race, field, area, or environment; Native to an area or scope. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on...

History

The refuge was created on June 18, 1984 to protect an extemmly rare desert oases in the southwestern United States. Jump to: navigation, search June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page is about the year 1984. ... Oasis in the Libyan part of the Sahara In geography, an oasis is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. ...

References

• Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Las Vegas Sun
• Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

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External links

• Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex