Defenders' Experts
Media Contacts
Please direct media inquiries to:
Desert Tortoise Publications and Facts
Desert Tortoise Fact Sheet
Get the facts on these desert dwellers.
Desert Tortoise Brochure
Outlines the threats to the desert tortoise and how you can help them
in the wild
Economic Oasis: Revealing the True Value of the Mojave Desert
This 32-page report, full of photos and facts, was written to help you understand the economic values of the ecologically and culturally rich California desert lands.
Learn more.
Combating human-wildlife
conflict: Raven Education
Campaign that includes outreach materials, partnering with local disposal
companies and working to pass local “anti-raven feeding”
ordinances. Read the brochure: Invasion of the Tortoise Snatchers
. (Lea esta informacion en Espanol: La Invasion de los Capturadores de Tortugas)
Outreach: Also in development are a grade school curriculum, a pet owner’s brochure, a newsletter and a comprehensive media campaign.
Websites
Information presented here is and other facts are contained in the following websites:
Desert Tortoise Data and Information Portal - A comprehensive web portal on all tortoise-related matters
Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee
Northern and Eastern Mojave Planning Effort (NEMO) - desert tortoise pages
Bureau of Land Management - desert tortoise information
Nevada Wildlife Federation - tortoise history and biology
Desert Digital - Information on deserts of the southwest and the tortoise
Desert USA- a comprehensive source of information on our deserts
Western Ecological Resource Center - desert tortoise research
Fish and Wildlife Service - Desert Tortoise Recovery Office
The Center for Reptile and Amphibian Research - tortoise information
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