Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge protects a desert oasis that is home to the Devil's Hole pupfish.
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Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Details
The Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge protects a desert oasis that is home to the Devil's Hole pupfish. It is the largest remaining oasis in the Mojave Desert and home to dozens of plants and animals that live nowhere else on Earth. That includes the Devil's Hole pupfish, which live in the Devils Hole, a geothermal aquifer-fed pool in a limestone cavern. The pool is at least 500 feet deep, though the bottom has never been reached. The tiny pupfish live almost entirely on a limestone shelf measuring less than 13x7 feet. The 24,000-acre refuge also features wetlands and alkaline desert areas; a trio of boardwalks provide access to points of interest such as Crystal Spring, Longstreet Spring, and Point of Rocks Spring. The park is a unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but Devil's Hole is overseen by the U.S. National Parks Service and the refuge is considered a unit of Death Valley National Park. It is located to the east of the national park and can be reached by taking Highway 190 or Highway 127 to Death Valley Junction, then following State Line Road/Bell Vista Road to the refuge.
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