Remains of pioneer trading post on the Mormon Honeymoon trail and sometime drinking water for local ranches.
Donkey standing by Rabbit Brush at hoof-trampled seep.
Ancient Centote, (sink-hole) in Bottomless Lakes State Park a popular place to scuba dive in the desert.
Water mining at anthropogenically dredged spring.
Rescued cienega to protect endangered New Mexico Pecos Sunflower.
Used by indigenous Newe and Numic peoples for over 6,000 years, modern scientists search hyper-saline, extremely hot waters for new medicinal compounds.
Restored spring part of the largest remaining intact oasis in the Mojave now threatened by proposed Lithium mine on Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge border.
Located in Death Valley this spring is the terminus of the Amargosa underground river.
Fence protected spring home of the endangered Mojave Tui fish on important indigenous and pioneer water stop Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe, NM to Los Angeles, CA.
Abandoned livestock watering tank, UT
Accidental fly-over forest fire-retardant drop into a spring. The chemicals take several years to resolve.
Man-made geyser while drilling for water will flow until the aquifer is exhausted.
Original pool of once thriving springs after many years of anthropogenic alterations and severe drought.
Restored spring, saved from becoming a 20,000 unit residential development on a rainy day/
Captured, piped spring water storage tank for livestock watering and fire suppression.
Heavily altered pool at sacred spring site on the O’odham tribe’s Salt Pilgrimage Trail.
Iconic natural sinkhole 80 feet deep is a popular dive spot in the largest hot desert in North America.
