Current Research Projects & Needs

California Dept. of Fish and Game Photo

Water, or more aptly the lack of water, is the defining characteristic of deserts and is a core theme of much of the ongoing research at Mojave National Preserve. The photo is of a small spring at the edge of Soda Dry Lake that supports a population of Mohave tui chub (Siphatales bicolor mohavensis), the only fish native to the Mojave River.

• Springs and Seeps Annual Survey
  
  
• Mohave tui chub recovery efforts.

• Responses of mule deer to experimental manipulation of water.

• Desert tortoise juvenile survivorship (coming soon).