View of the sign for the Desert National Wildlife Refuge with some of the refuge lands visible in the background. The refuge was founded in order to conserve the habitat of the Bighorn Sheep, pictured on the sign.
With the waters still rising on May 16, a rabbit, pictured on the bottom left sitting on the backhoe, found safety from the floodwaters on Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City, Mississippi.