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An Ecological Survey Of The Muskrat At Locomotive Springs, Box Elder County, Utah, 1950-51, Robert A. Mccullough
An Ecological Survey Of The Muskrat At Locomotive Springs, Box Elder County, Utah, 1950-51, Robert A. Mccullough
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The Locomotive Springs Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, located on the north shore of Great Salt Lake, Utah, is a state-owned area of about 12,000 acres. Six springs arise from the desert floor and flow south and south-east toward Great Salt Lake. The refuge encompasses these springs and their outflows. The area, while predominately vegetated by the Sarcobatus-Atriplex type, has 1,200 acres of open water and about 2,560 acres of marsh and stream-channel edges. The area was purchased by the State of Utah in 1934 with the express purpose of providing waterfowl hunting for the general public who could not afford to …