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  2. 'Gitmo' in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered ...

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    Some desert conservationists are critical of the efforts, saying the captive rearing program is essentially a smokescreen that distracts from the pressing need to conserve critical habitat.

  3. Desert tortoise - Wikipedia

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    The desert tortoise is the official state reptile in California and Nevada. [6] The desert tortoise lives about 50 to 80 years; [7] it grows slowly and generally has a low reproductive rate. It spends most of its time in burrows, rock shelters, and pallets to regulate body temperature and reduce water loss.

  4. Biden names two national monuments in California, cementing ...

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    The monument will protect habitats for species including the desert tortoise, bighorn sheep and the Chuckwalla lizard, for which it is named, and will provide outdoor recreation opportunities for ...

  5. This Woman Has Become True Besties With A Sonoran Desert ...

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    First, Savannah had to build a proper habitat in her backyard and then get it approved by the program, but once everything was set, the woman could finally bring the tortoise home. It was ...

  6. San Tan Mountain Regional Park - Wikipedia

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    The park has three entrances, on the north, east and south sides of the park. At the main entrance to the park off Phillips Road, there is a visitor center (built in 2005) with restrooms, a drinking fountain, indoor and outdoor desert-animal exhibits, and a small gift shop. The Goldmine entrance has parking and portable restrooms.

  7. Sonoran Desert tortoise - Wikipedia

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    the Sonoran or Morafka's desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai); [8] found east of the Colorado River, primarily in the Arizona counties of Cochise, Gila, Graham, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma. [9] Found in the Sonoran Desert, in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico.

  8. Good news for desert tortoises: Stretch of Mojave Desert gets ...

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    A 3.5-million-acre swath of Mojave Desert, between Ridgecrest and the Morongo Basin, has been named a sentinel landscape, a federally led effort to promote sustainable land-use near military ...

  9. Desert Tortoise Natural Area - Wikipedia

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    The Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTRNA) is a 39.5-square-mile (102 km 2) area in the western Mojave Desert, located in eastern Kern County, Southern California. It was created to protect the native desert tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii ) , which is also the California state reptile .

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