March 19, 2010 – By tomorrow winter is over and spring is here. Get your camera’s out and hit the trail. With the wet winter, well over 3″ of rain, our desert trail will look like a trail through green fields. Well at least for the next month or two. Wild flowers and wild life should […]
Desert Tortoise On the Trail….March 2009
It is March 2009 and the warm weather will bring our Desert Tortoise out of their burrows any day now. We had numerous sightings last year on the trail. Please…please do not touch them or harass in any way. Tortoise are protected under the Federal Endanged Species Act* as a Threatened Species. If you think one is […]
Loop Trail project brings biologist to town to help protect desert tortoises
Great Article in todays Boulder city View about trail construction of Segment #5 of the River Mountians Loop Trail. Good discussion about desert tortoises. This was an unbudgeted expense for the construction, but necessary. follow this link to the entire article: http://www.viewnews.com/2008/VIEW-Dec-23-Tue 2008/BoulderCity/25843818.html
Desert Tortoise on Trail
Desert Tortoise have been seen on trail recently. Please do not touch or handle. They are a endangered species and are protected by Federal law. On a recent bike ride on the trail with the APA mobile workshop, an male individual rode up to our group with a baby tortoise in his hand to show […]
