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

Desert Tortoise Council

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