Ecological departure analysis of TNC-mapped GDEs in Nevada (Badik et al. 2019)

As the driest state within the United States, Nevada’s groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) play an important role in supporting the state’s biodiversity. In addition to being critical habitat for many of Nevada’s endemic and native species, GDEs provide numerous benefits to people and nature, including forage for livestock, improving water quality, soil conservation, storing carbon, reducing flood risk, and providing recreational opportunities (Aldous and Bach 2014; Brown et al. 2011; Kath et al. 2018).