| Volunteers Restore Vegetation At Warm Springs Refuge | |||
| By Francis Ortiz Moapa Valley Progress Published Oct. 28, 2009 The Fish and Wildlife Service held a volunteer day at the Fish and Wildlife Moapa Refuge in Warm Springs on Friday, October 16. The volunteers started their day with a tour at the visitor’s center and then moved over to the Apcar Spring location to begin the restoration project. There where ten volunteers and five staff people that participated in the restoration project. The volunteers ranged from employees of NV Energy, SNWA, UNLV student, retirees and local Las Vegas residents. |
 Susan Taylor, President of the Community Service Sorority, UNLV – Latino Based, volunteers at the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge. |
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| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reconstructed the Apcar Spring during the months of April and May this year. They cleared away debris, removed invasive weed species, cleaned and reshaped the springs channel and started the irrigation system. They planted 1,000 plants along the spring as part of restoration construction phase.
During the prep of the construction on the spring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service looked for the small fish “Moapa Dace” in the Apcar spring, but none where found. “Since the completion of the channel they have found small amount of the Moapa Dace living in the Apcar Spring,” said Cynthia Martinez, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Complex Manager. On Friday, 200 Screwbean Mesquite and Ash trees were planted by volunteers. Allison Manwaring, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stated “When we are finished with the complete restoration project there will be over 7,000 different vegetation planted on the ten acres of the Apcar Springs.” Susan Taylor, President of Community Service Sorority, Latino Based at UNLV. The sorority community service work has do a lot with city life, she doesn’t get to help much with environment service work. “There is no better way to spend the day then by helping our environment by planting trees!” she said. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finished the afternoon with a box lunched for all of volunteers. |
