We stopped here on the way in. There is a winery next door that we visited and we noticed this RV resort after our wine tasting. We needed to do laundry and resupply so here we are. On the drive here we stopped and drove into Ash Meadows wildlife refuge. That place is the home of the pup fish. 10,000 years ago the climate was different. Lakes and rivers were everywhere. As the climate changed, the environment dried up and the fish were really screwed. There are a few small, warm, salty springs where the pup fish evolved in a way that allowed it to survive. They are extremely endangered and highly protected. The small colony of pup fish in Ash Meadows stopped a planned development and shut down thousands of acres of farming. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing the pup fish to avoid extinction. Cool huh! Below is a pic of a pup fish I took this morning. The little guy is only an inch or so long. The other pic is a typical sunset in Death Valley. We move tomorrow.
Nice sunset, obviously there is no fishing in the pup fish lake. Do they get bigger than an inch or does the enclosure keep them small?
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