Las Vegas Review-Journal
LAS VEGAS — Venture into Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs , and you’re likely to find Amy Johnson and Tim Palmer tending to rows of plants that will one day restore a Mojave Desert ecosystem. And you might meet the six female inmates who help them do it.
The Las Vegas State Tree Nursery is a well-kept secret at the northern edge of the valley, providing government agencies and private companies with native and desert-adapted foliage. Whether it’s for a new park or to rehabilitate land altered by wildfire or mining, the nursery is a go-to for large quantities of trees or plants needed quickly…