Many meadows are present in the high Uinta mountains. They are filled with flowers in the spring. Deer and elks as well as cattle feed in the meadows on the lush green vegatation. Togography in the high mountains is generally gentle with many flat places that form meadows. Small lakes sometimes occur in the meadows. In this area most of the moisture comes during the winter and seeps into the ground upon melting. This water fills the underground acquifers which comes to the surface in springs and rivers. Surface run off is kept where possible in reserviors which many times are natural lakes that have had small dams built to increase the amount of water that can be held back for use in the summer time for irrigation. Many of these dams were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Men that had no jobs during the great depression worked in these camps. They living in the mountains and built many dams as well as other projects such as bidges and roads.