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Fire Restrictions Started Aug. 20 on BLM-managed Public Lands 23 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
Seasonal restrictions on the outdoor use of fire and firewood cutting began Tuesday, Aug. 20, on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in northeast California and far northwest Nevada....
Scotty’s Castle Now Open 23 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley has reopened. The park had this to say on facebook, “Scotty’s Castle is now open for tours. Maintenance work will continue, and while facilities are open, gravel remai...
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Desert Tortoise woolies-woolies.blogspot.com 24 May 2013 | 07:38 pm
Dos says Good Morning!
Desert Tortoise woolies-woolies.blogspot.com 24 May 2013 | 07:38 pm
Dos says Good Morning!
No place for a turtle chanceofrain.com 6 Aug 2013 | 04:59 am
Translocation has become the de facto policy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the threatened desert tortoise in the Mojave. The problem is: Nobody knows if the land turtles can survive it...
Mojave Mirrors: World’s Largest Solar Plant Ready to Shine (National Geographic) josiegarthwaite.com 26 Jul 2013 | 05:00 am
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recognizes that it has not evaluated the potential long-term effects of big renewable energy projects that fragment or isolate desert tortoise conservation areas. (P...
Endangered Desert Tortoises Set to Be Euthanized as Nevada’s Funds Dry Up ecorazzi.com 27 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
Since 1990, the desert tortoise has been protected by wildlife officials at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center, a 220-acre reserve just outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Now, the tortoises are being R...
Desert Tortoises to Be Euthanized drudge.com 27 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
Because funding is running out, federal officials plan to close the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center and euthanize hundreds of the tortoises they've been caring for since the animals were added to ...
Las Vegas Area Desert Tortoise Conservation Center to Close reptilechannel.com 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Petition launched on MoveOn.org to stop a federal plan to euthanize remaining tortoises.
Mojave Mirrors: World's Largest Solar Energy Ready to Shine news.nationalgeographic.com 26 Jul 2013 | 01:40 am
Ivanpah, the world's largest solar thermal plant, is to begin generating power this summer. Challenges included relocating a population of endangered desert tortoises.
Desert Tortoise Faces Threat from Its Own Refuge summerlin.lasvegasnow.com 26 Aug 2013 | 05:26 pm
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- For decades, the vulnerable desert tortoise has led a sheltered existence.Developers have taken pains to keep the animal safe. It's been protected from meddlesome hikers by the threa...
Just not right! livingreefs.com 27 Aug 2013 | 05:24 am
And we are the bad guys for keeping fish/corals that may someday be endangered....... Desert tortoise faces threat from its own refuge - SFGate
