The Devil's Hole Dam

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Ranchers and conservationists have been fighting over water at devil's hole for decades. In the 19 nineties, the pupfish population mysteriously started to dwindle. There were fewer than a hundred pup fish every year. A flash flood knocked over a stack of fish traps that scientists had left next to the water. The traps accidentally killed nearly a third of the total population.

There is a cave in the middle of the Mojave Desert called Devil's Hole. It's home to a small iridescent blue fish, called the Devil's Hole pupfish - and you can't find them anywhere else in the world. There are fences, cameras, and motion sensors for security. In 2016, three men rammed the fences and broke in.

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