AZ-Bettys+Kitchen+and+Laguna+Dam


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Yuma County
=Betty's Kitchen and Laguna Dam= Yuma, Arizona 85365 Betty's Kitchen webpage Laguna Dam webpage

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Betty's Kitchen/Laguna Dam
Coordinates: 32.8194716, -114.4882978 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Betty's Kitchen
The Betty’s Kitchen National Recreation Trail winds through dense riparian vegetation past a fishing pier and over a rugged metal bridge. The site is next to historic Laguna Dam, the first dam built on the Colorado River.

Waterfowl visit the area during the winter and migratory birds visit the area during spring, fall, and early winter. The best seasons to visit are between March and May, and from late August through October when impressive numbers of migratory species such as flycatchers, warblers, vireos, tanagers, buntings, grosbeaks, and sparrows can be found. Resident species include American coot, Abert’s towhee, green heron, Gambel’s quail, Gila and ladder-backed woodpeckers, verdin, cactus wren, black-tailed gnatcatcher, and phainopepla. Other wildlife that may be seen includes desert cottontail, rock squirrel, desert spiny lizard, ornate tree lizard, tiger whiptail, common kingsnake, and western diamond-backed rattlesnake.

A .5-mile interpretive loop trail provides universal accessibility. From Betty's Kitchen web site

About Laguna Dam
Laguna Dam, an original feature of the Yuma Project, is located on the Colorado River 13 miles northeast of Yuma, Arizona, and about 5 miles downstream from Imperial Dam. The original purpose of this dam was to divert Colorado River water to the project area. Since 1948, irrigation water for the project has been diverted at Imperial Dam. Laguna Dam now serves as a regulating structure for sluicing flows and for downstream toe protection for Imperial Dam. It has a structural height of 43 feet and contains 486,800 cubic yards of material. From Laguna Dam web site

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