How Might the Highway Connechon Be Important to Las Vegas?

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How Might the Highway Connechon Be Important to Las Vegas?

Major highways that connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas run through the bighorn sheep habitat. How might the highway connec/on be important to Las Vegas? Importance • About 50,000 tourists a day arrived from California on Interstate 15 just in the month of July! • If those numbers hold steady, Las Vegas will have over 18 million tourists a year arriving from California by car. Almost half of all tourists to Las Vegas arrive by car from California. People Visit Las Vegas For . Entertainment Gambling Convenons These visitors employ over 260,000 people, which is 30% of the working populaon! They also contribute billions of dollars to the economy which helps fund schools, museums, and city services. So we know the highways are very important, but one scien/st wanted to know how they might aﬀect the sheep. Can you think of any possible ways highways might impact living things that live near them? What do you no/ce about this picture? A fence Clinton Epps was interested in the fenced highways because of their possible role in seng up un-natural borders for populaons. Let’s look at boundaries in your neighborhood Image Credits 1. Road Map LA/Vegas: CA Department of Transportaon 2. Desert Road: Jimmy Hoofa Welcome to Las Vegas Sign: Las Vegas Conven/on & Visitors Authority 3. Interstate Sign, Las Vegas Seal: Las Vegas Conven/on & Visitors Authority 4. Slots, Skyline Las Vegas: Las Vegas Conven/on & Visitors Authority Lion King: Photofest 5. Downtown Las Vegas: Ken Lund 6. Museum facade: Bri/sh Museum Classroom: German Federal Archives Library: University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries 7. Bighorn Sheep: Magnus Kjaergaard Route 15: Stan Shebs 8. Highway Map: US Department of Transportaon/Federal Highway Administraon California Interstate 5: Thought Balloons Blog 9. Route 15: Stan Shebs .

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