Guests will overlook a large grass field at the Bermuda Pasture public viewing platform, which is located on the western side of the refuge off of Levee Road. Guests can park in the lot and walk up the accessible viewing platform. From this vantage point, thousands of snow geese can be seen during the winter months. Coyotes and bobcat hunt at the edge of the field year-round. Flycatchers and phoebes can be heard in surrounding area. Visitors can spot woodpeckers moving from tree to tree in surrounding trees or walk down the road and peer into an irrigation canal for fish. 

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, originally named Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge, was established by Executive Order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 for the primary purpose of providing migratory bird habitat. The refuge is comprised of 37,515 acres along the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California. The refuge protects 30 river miles and encompasses 300 miles of shoreline from Needles, California, to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. One of the last remaining natural stretches of the lower Colorado River flows through the 20-mile-long Topock Gorge. 

Havasu National Wildlife Refuge is within the Pacific Flyway, a major north-south migratory route along the western coast of the United States. Hundreds of birds stop here to rest and refuel during their long journey. Many species also breed and overwinter here. Because of its importance to birds, the refuge is considered an Important Bird Area in the state of Arizona.

Historically, the Lower Colorado River wound its way through desert valleys and canyons surrounded by a dense riparian forest. Periodic flooding rejuvenated the landscape into a mosaic of willow and cottonwood trees and brought the dry desert to life. Wildlife thrived in the backwaters and forested habitat supported by the mighty river. However, with the construction of the Hoover Dam in 1936 and several other dams along the lower Colorado River, the natural restoration of the desert riparian habitat ceased. 
 
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge protects the remaining native riparian area and the surrounding desert upland and manages the landscape to provide habitat for endangered species and neotropical migrants.