The Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, at the southern end of the

Pahranagat Valley The Pahranagat Valley is a Tonopah Basin landform in Lincoln County, Nevada. The more fertile part of Pahranagat Valley is a narrow ribbon of green (no more than wide) like an oasis in the vast Nevada desert. It is approximately long running n ...

and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in Lincoln County, Nevada. The refuge was created on August 16, 1963, and is part of the larger Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which also includes the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, and the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides high-quality migration and wintering habitat for migrating birds, especially waterfowl, within the Pacific Flyway.

History

Work is underway to restore wetland and desert upland habitats to what was found on the refuge over 100 years ago.

Species of concern that spend part of the year at Pahranagat

Endangered

Endangered species include: * Southwestern willow flycatcher

Threatened

Threatened species include: * Desert tortoise

References

External links

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Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex National Wildlife Refuges in Nevada Protected areas of Lincoln County, Nevada Wetlands of Nevada Landforms of Lincoln County, Nevada {{LincolnCountyNV-geo-stub