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Title	Butterflies of the last oasis sign
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	Hagerty, Ryan
Description	Situated in central-western Arizona along the Lower Colorado River, the Bill Williams River extends a short 40 miles before emptying into the Colorado River at Lake Havasu. A portion of the river and its unique habitat are protected within the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge and offers a glimpse into what this landscape looked like hundreds of years ago. Earliest written records of the area come from Spanish explorers who traveled through here as early as 1598. Along with the western explorers that followed, they took note of the ecologically rich landscape, including documentation of miles-thick stands of cottonwood and willow trees along the river’s banks, as well as the abundance of mesquite above the river. Today, the refuge holds one of the last stands of naturally regenerated cottonwood-willow forest along the lower Colorado River and is one of the last ecologically functioning riparian areas in the southwest United States. Though very small, the refuge has retained nearly all of the original terrestrial wildlife species found here at the time of exploration. Originally part of Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge, it was decided in 1993 that the 6,100-acre tract should be managed as a separate refuge due to its uniqueness and diversity of habitat and it became the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge. It is one of more than 560 national wildlife refuges, a national network of lands and waters set aside and managed for the benefit of wildlife and you.
FWS Resource Links	http://www.fws.gov/refuge/bill_williams_river/; http://www.fws.gov/southwest/AboutUs/image.html;
Subject	Wildlife refuges Work of the Service Wildlife viewing Interpretation Visitor services Exhibits Deserts
Location	Arizona
FWS Site	BILL WILLIAMS RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	2010-03-03
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	IMG_6727.jpg
Source	NCTC Image Library
Rights	Public domain
Audience	General
File Size	23881309 Bytes
Height	5616
Width	3744
Color Space	RGB
Original Format	Digital
Full Resolution File Size	23881309 Bytes
Full resolution	Volume410/IMG_6727.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume410/IMG_6727.jpg
Date created	2013-12-03
Date modified	2014-11-18