[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Ft. Irwin (CA) tortoise litigation

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Environmentalists sue over tortoise removal

Joe Nelson
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
July 6, 2008

Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit against the Army 
and the Bureau of Land Management alleging that proper environmental 
studies were not conducted before nearly 800 desert tortoises were 
relocated for Fort Irwin's expansion.

The Center for Biological Diversity and Desert Survivors, which filed 
the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, allege 
the federally endangered tortoises were moved to inferior habitat that 
included numerous roads and pockets of diseased tortoises. They also 
allege that illegal off-roading and dumping occurs at the site east of 
the Calico Mountains and south of Coyote Lake.

"It's time to overhaul Fort Irwin's disastrous tortoise relocation 
program," said Ileene Anderson, a biologist for the Center for 
Biological Diversity, in a news release. "Though we can't stop the 
fort's expansion, we can ensure that the relocation of these rare 
animals is done right."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9805177

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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