Fighting an invader
Photo: Leila Navidi
Nicholas Rice, an environmental biologist with the Environmental Monitoring and Management Division of the Southern Nevada Water Authority stands among the invasive tamarisk plants that grow in abundance along the Las Vegas Wash. Rice has helped to remove 200 acres of tamarisk from around the wash and revegetate the area with native species.
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