Bill Introduced Would Designate 1.3 million Acres of Wilderness in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Caroline Brouwer

March 3, 2021

Protect, Desert

Bill Introduced Would Designate 1.3 million Acres of Wilderness in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced a bill that would designate 1.3 million acres of wilderness in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. Located just outside the city limits of Las Vegas, the Desert NWR protects 1.6 million acres of the largest contiguous Desert bighorn sheep habitat in the Lower 48. This refuge is also home to the threatened Desert tortoise.