Springs & Seeps: East of Grotto Hills (1:24,000)
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Piute Tenaja MOJA Spring IDs: EOGH1 General Location: Piute Mountain Range Elevation: 1071 m History: Below a wildlife drinker Hydrogeology: NA Type of spring: Tenaja Vegetation: none Animal Use: Bighorn Sheep, Puma Aquatic biota: Insects Ephemeral: yes (in dry years) Discharge: none Water quality: NA Site Condition: moderately disturbed Type of disturbance: diversion Type of infrastructure/diversion: A California Fish & Game drinker (now maintained and operated by SCBS) is located above the tenaja. The drinker has two large storage tanks which receive water through a pipe from a small check dam upstream. Photos: No |
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The railroad town of Kelso in Mojave National Preserve was named in 1905 by railroad construction workers. Two men placed their names in a hat, along with that of a third who had just moved away. The name drawn from the hat was that of John H. Kelso, the man absent from the drawing. More...