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    The ultimate adventure guide

    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    Desert National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center is the main entry for visitors looking to explore the largest national wildlife refuge in the continental United States.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    The visitor center contains interpretive displays, a looping film, a gift shop, and knowledgable rangers to answer questions.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    A series of easy to moderate hiking trails begins just behind the visitor center.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    Four loop trails and one short trail to an old Native American bedrock mortar site can be accessed from the visitor center.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    A shade structure with interpretive signs along the refuge's Bighorn Loop Trail.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    The Whispering Ben Trail at its intersection with the Bighorn Loop Trail.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    During the 1950s and '60s, the refuge penned a population of desert bighorn sheep for study. Remnants of the pen fencing can be seen along the Bighorn Loop Trail.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    A picnic area in the shade along the Coyote Loop Trail.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    The Birdsong Loop Trail takes hikers along desert and wetlands with views of the neighboring mountains.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    Spring-fed wetlands along the Birdsong Loop Trail.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    Cactus blooms along the Birdsong Loop Trail.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    The Refugium along the Coyote Loop Trail creates an artificial environment to help preserve some of the last of the Pahrump Poolfish.
    Shaun Hunter
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    05/25/2019
    The Coyote Loop Trail offers a shady walk in this desert oasis.
    Shaun Hunter
    Photo Date: 
    05/25/2019
    The reservoir along the Bighorn Loop Trail.

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