• Source: Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge

The Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge is a protected wildlife refuge, at the southern end of the Pahranagat Valley and administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is 90 miles (140 km) north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in Lincoln County, Nevada. The 5,380-acre (21.8 km2) 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

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Endangered species include:

Southwestern willow flycatcher




= Threatened

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Threatened species include:

Desert tortoise




References






External links


Media related to Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge at Wikimedia Commons
Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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• Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge
• Desert National Wildlife Refuge
• Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
• Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge
• Pahranagat Valley
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• Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge
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