(St. George, UT) — The Mojave Desert tortoise is in grave danger. Since 1990, efforts have been made to save the threatened species but since then have declined by more than 50-percent according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. New concerns are being made about the Trump era federal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservation groups have sued the federal government over the Trump administration’s decision to allow construction of new four-lane highway through a national conservation area in southern Utah that includes protected habitat for the Mojave desert tortoise. The group Conserve Southwest Utah sued Friday, arguing that […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Biologists in southern Utah are surveying the damage left by a wildfire that scorched large swaths of land set aside for rare tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The Spectrum reports that on a recent day in late August, they fanned out on a landscape that […]
More than 16,000 public comments have been submitted for a proposal on whether to allow a highway to be built through a protected Mojave desert tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reported the road would pass through the Red Cliffs […]
