Dam and Improved Desert Waterhole at Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, 1949

small dam in the foreground, with a body of water before it. Three men standing on the dam on the far right; the men are dressed for the field, including broadbrimmed hats. Beyond the dam is a small valley, with natural rock walls rising on either side. Beyond the valley is a flat desert, with a mountain ridge visible in the far distance. Being a desert, vegetation is small and sparse.
Photo By/Credit

E.P. Haddon

Date Shot/Created
05/01/1949
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Original caption: Dam and improved desert waterhole on the refuge. Before dams such as these were built on the refuge the natural water seeps would often go dry during the long dry season. Improved waterholes like this support the needs of many wildlife forms which often travel many miles to reach it. Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, near Yuma, Arizona, May 1949.
Facility
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Subject tags
Buildings, facilities and structures
Dams
Deserts
Employees (USFWS)
History
Water conservation
Water management
Wildlife management
Wildlife refuges
Work of the Service