Major effort begins to restore tortoise habitat
Thirty miles outside of St. George, where the westernmost mountains of Utah slope off into a sea of tangled Joshua trees and desert scrub, a team of volunteers is undertaking the largest habitat restoration research effort yet tried to help the Mojave Desert Tortoise. John Kellam, a wildlife biologist with the Bureau of Land Management, said the species’ struggles are largely due to fires that tore through the area in 2005 and 2006, clearing out the native vegetation and ploughing the way for invasive plant species to move in. Click the link to read more about the restoration…
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