Please join us on Monday, May 3, 1:00 - 2:00 PDT for this presentation on several Mojave Desert restoration research projects conducted by Dr. Abella’s lab. The talk will cover effective techniques for native plant restoration in challenging arid environments.
To register, please contact Judy Perkins at: jlperkins@blm.gov . This event is free and open to the public.

Wildland fires have a relationship and purpose within the environment. Some ecosystems are well adapted to fire and actually need it to maintain heth, others are negatively affected and can be devastated by fires. Join us as Professor Scott Abella with the school of Life Sciences at UNLV explores how fire shapes ecosystems and how they have impacted places like Wetlands Park and lands of the West. 
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The seminar will cover Soils and Landscape Evolution of the Mojave-Sonoran Deserts and will feature extensive work of soil ecologist Joe McAuliffe of the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. 

No registration required.

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This symposium will bring together stakeholders to provide an overview of the state of the science in the Spring Mountains. The goal of this meeting is to raise awareness of the value and conservation needs of this unique Mojave Desert ecosystem.