Amargosa Pupfish Station

The Amargosa Pupfish Station is a protected wildlife refuge located in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, located 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada in Nye County. It is administered as a part of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

The refuge is contained within the larger Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which also includes the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge.

The refuge was established to provide habitat for the endangered Devil's Hole Pupfish that may have one of the most restricted habitats on the planet. Devil's Hole is administered by the National Park Service as part of Death Valley National Park.

History

An additional pool of Pupfish has been established in the vicinity of Hoover Dam to reduce the risk of losing the species.

References

*"Las Vegas Review-Journal"
*"Las Vegas Sun"
* [http://www.fws.gov/desertcomplex/pupfish/ Amargosa Pupfish Station]
* [http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/August/Day-21/i20699.htm Federal Register Environmental Documents]

External links

* [http://www.fws.gov/desertcomplex/pupfish/ Amargosa Pupfish Station]
* [http://desertcomplex.fws.gov/index.htm U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex]