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Remote sensing at Eagle Tank water catchment ("tinaja") in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge

By Southwest Biological Science Center
USGS and USFWS surveyors conducting research at Eagle Tank water catchment in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
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Remote sensing of the Eagle Tank water catchment ("tinaja") in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, southern Arizona, by USGS in collaboration with US Fish and Wildlife Service. Photo by Steven Sesnie, USFWS.

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