Volunteers needed to help replace bighorn sheep guzzler near Primm

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep is seeking volunteers for a special project in the Mojave National Preserve located between Primm, Nevada and Baker, California.

According to a Facebook post from Scott Gibson with the SCBS, volunteers will help with a bighorn sheep guzzler replacement project during the weekend of Oct. 4.

Guzzlers, or water developments, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife, act as supplemental water resources for wild animals in an area. They typically serve big game and bird species and can provide a valuable water source for all animals in a particular area.

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The guzzler works to collect rainwater or snowmelt and stores it in tanks, which then feed the water into a drinker that wildlife can access.

The project in the Mojave Preserve will have volunteers replace old collection tanks and piping.

The team will have a steep and strenuous hike to the worksite, says Gibson, and volunteers will be camping and hiking to the site each day.

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On Saturday and Sunday, a helicopter will lift new tanks, pipe and other materials to the site.

Anyone interested in helping can message Gibson on Facebook.