What We Do

Resource Monitoring

Borehole Spring, by Andy Zdon

We collect data on the Amargosa’s most unique and vulnerable resources.

The Amargosa Conservancy conducts regular scientific monitoring in our watershed to help gather knowledge and establish baseline data for the decision makers who manage our surrounding public lands.

We conduct periodic monitoring in the spectacular Kingston Mountain Range, reporting to the local BLM office about cattle populations, possible grazing problems, and vandalism and needed repairs to the simple facilities at the three public land springs in the range.

At Carson Slough, the outflow area for the Ash meadows National Wildlife Refuge, we conduct monthly groundwater elevation monitoring and plant health monitoring of the federally listed endangered Amargosa Niterwort.

This data is entered into the National Hydrologic Database and shared for public and scientific reference and research.

 

At the Tecopa Marsh, we conduct quarterly monitoring and report on the condition of bulrush habitat to the California Fish and Wildlife Service. This monitoring provides critical information for the study and protection of federally endangered Amargosa Voles that live in the wetland. 

 

We conduct hydrologic monitoring at springs and groundwater wells throughout the Amargosa watershed. Water quality, water chemistry, and groundwater elevation data all provide critical information about the health of groundwater-dependent springs, as well as trends in groundwater levels throughout the basin. 

Hydrologic monitoring data have been analyzed and interpreted in the State of the Basin reports.

 

From our blog: RESOURCE MONITORING

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