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CA 14. Mohave River Camp. Acreage: 100 estimated. 



Location: San Bernardino County; Lake Arrowhead Quadrangle; about 5 miles 

 S of Hesperia; reached via Arrowhead Road. 



Description: The junction of Deep Creek and the Mohave River, which 

 originates on the desert side of the San Bernardino Mountains and ends in Soda 

 Dry Lake. The site of greatest interest as a point of reference for waters farther 

 out in the desert. This site is the last permanent water for 100 miles. An en- 

 demic fish, the Mohave chub {Siphateles mohavensis), is known nowhere else. 

 The Mohave River Camp is also of interest in itself, limnologically, as the con- 

 fluence of two dissimilar waters. The area was once the terminus of a toll road 

 to Lake Arrowhead. It is now off the beaten path and worthy of preservation for 

 esthetic reasons. 



Encroachments: This is a popular camp site, a use which could be continued; 

 but supervision is needed to control litter, and sanitary facilities must be pro- 

 vided. The chief encroachment is by motorcyclists and off-the-road (4-wheel 

 drive) motorists who destroy the area, and by indiscriminate riflemen. 



Ownership: Not reported. 



Data source: Lars H. Carpelan, Department of Life Sciences, University of 

 California, Riverside, Cal. 92502. 



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