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

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    A desert tortoise hatchling at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site, where vulnerable tortoises are raised inside the vast Marine Corps base. Tortoise hatchlings are raised at the ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  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. Mormon Mesa - Wikipedia

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    The 149,000 acres (60,000 ha) Mormon Mesa Desert Tortoise Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Mormon Mesa ACEC), protects habitat of the Desert tortoise, an endangered species. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Delamar Mountains Wilderness Area encompasses a portion of the Mormon Mesa Desert Tortoise ACEC. [ 2 ]

  7. 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 .

  8. Judge tosses out Mojave off-road plan for not adequately ...

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    A federal judge ruled the Bureau of Land Management's off-road plan didn't show how it minimized impacts to the desert tortoise, a move environmentalists hope will lead to safeguards for the ...

  9. Tortoise - Wikipedia

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    Tortoises (/ ˈ t ɔːr t ə s. ɪ z / TOR-təs-iz) are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin for "tortoise"). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats.

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