[6] Her work chronicled the boom and bust of water development in the Southern Nevada Mojave Desert, from 1844 to the late 20th century.

She was an archivist for the Women's Archives in the Special Collections Department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Library.

[8] She testified in support of the Nevada Wilderness Act of 1985 which created the Great Basin National Park[9] at both the Ely and Las Vegas hearings.

where her work entailed preparing historical component and evaluating cultural resources for projects in southern Nevada, including Table Mountain Wind Project in Spring Mountains (Yellow Pine Mining District), Corn Creek Field Station, and all remaining parcels in Las Vegas Valley which the BLM was preparing for public auction.

She wrote the history of the Las Vegas Wash for the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.

[8] She has developed, designed or significantly contributed to area exhibits at virtually all historical water resources in southern Nevada, including Valley of Fire State Park, Tule Springs, Goodsprings, Spring Mountain Ranch, Clark County Wetlands Park, the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort, the Old Spanish Trail Park and Las Vegas Springs, where Las Vegas began.