[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: "Relocation of desert tortoises OK to resume" at Ft. Irwin, CA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FORT IRWIN: Relocation of desert tortoises OK to resume

BY DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
April 30, 2012

Federal wildlife officials have given the U.S. Army the go-ahead to  
move dozens of desert tortoises out of an area where the military had  
planned to conduct maneuvers.

An effort to relocate the animals in 2008 was stopped because of a  
higher-than-expected death rate among the tortoises that had been moved.

An 83-page analysis by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists  
found that moving an estimated 59 tortoises would not jeopardize the  
survival of the species, which is threatened with extinction. The  
finding, called a biological opinion, allows the animals to be moved  
from a 22,000-acre area where the Army had planned tank maneuvers and  
live-fire training.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/local-news/topics/topics-environment-headlines/ 
20120501-fort-irwin-relocation-of-desert-tortoises-ok-to-resume.ece


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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