Amargosa Vole Conservation Project

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Our 3rd Annual celebration of the iconic Amargosa vole 🐭🌿 returns to Shoshone & Tecopa on Saturday, March 21st 2026!

This year's theme is "Celebrating Desert Communities" 🏜🎉

More to come soon as we finalize the schedule and all the details that will make this Vole Fest the most memorable yet ✨️ 🌌

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When we're not tirelessly advocating for National Monument status for the Amargosa Basin, we sometimes work on local restoration projects, such as this one in the Shoshone marsh 🌿. And we couldn't do it without the partnership of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 🐟 and dedicated volunteers! 🙋‍♂️

This restoration project seeks to transform a wetland area in town from one that is dominated by invasive common reed to native three-square bulrush habitat for the Amargosa Vole and other species.

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New publication alert! Check out this recently published work analyzing different methods for detecting Amargosa voles :)

Assessment of detection methods for the endangered Amargosa vole FULL RESEARCH ARTICLE Austin Roy1,2*, Arielle Crews1,3, Stephanie Castle1,4, Robert Klinger5, Deana Clifford2, and Janet Foley1 1 University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, 132…