Aug 15, 2024 | Announcements, Collaboration, Notes from the Field
by Scott H Williams As an environmental scientist, I wonder at times whether the detached, data-driven approach to the scientific study of the natural world inevitably alienates us from having a deep spiritual appreciation for nature. Does quantitatively analyzing the...
Jan 16, 2024 | Collaboration, Groundwater, Resource Monitoring
Science is and always will be a pillar of of the work our organization does to protect the Amargosa Basin. For the last 20 years, Amargosa Conservancy has worked alongside local governments, state and federal agencies, non-profit partners, and researchers to develop...
Aug 7, 2023 | Advocacy, Groundwater, Resource Monitoring
Miss out on our 2023 Summer Seminar on Amargosa Hydrology? Watch the recording of Andy Zdon’s presentation on the fascinating science and stories of the Amargosa Basin’s springs: Love springs, and love the work we’re doing to protect them in the...
Jun 27, 2023 | Advocacy, An Amargosa Moment, Notes from the Field
by Mason Voehl Executive Director Artificial intelligence’s moment has been long in coming, and now it’s arrived. Testing the capacities of novel AI engines such as ChatGPT to “outsource” what has long been thought to be the strictly human...