Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) – Nevada’s official state reptile, is the only naturally occurring tortoise in the Mojave Desert and is on the U.S. fish and Wildlife Service’s Endangered Species List. Over 6 million acres within the Mojave Desert, including over 1 million acres in southern Nevada, have been designated as critical habitat for the desert tortoise(areas that require […]
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
Un-authorized Roads and Trails to be studied
The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of Henderson to begin a study of unauthorized roads, paths and trails into the River Mountains. Over the last 10-12 years with the development of the SNWA pipelines, Water treatment plant, Powerlines and the River Mountains Loop Trail many new roads and trails have been cut into the desert […]
IMAGES ALONG THE TRAIL –
Photos taken Mothers day weekend north of Railroad Pass near Texas Acres site. 50908 Desert Tortoise Photo taken April 29th during a APA Mobile workshop bike tour near SNWA water treatment plant. 42908
