Desert Tortoise Council
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Amazon Wishlist for 51st Symposium Raffle and Auction!
At the Desert Tortoise Council, our mission is to assure the perpetual survival of viable populations of Desert Tortoises throughout their historical ranges. Annually we…
Photo: by Maribel Lopez, recent grant funded surveys in Sonora, Mexico.
At the Desert Tortoise Council, our mission is to assure the perpetual survival of viable populations of Desert Tortoises throughout their historical ranges. Annually we…
Photo: by Maribel Lopez, recent grant funded surveys in Sonora, Mexico.
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Amazon Wishlist for 51st Symposium Raffle and Auction!
At the Desert Tortoise Council, our mission is to assure the perpetual survival of viable populations of Desert Tortoises throughout their historical ranges. Annually we…
Photo: by Maribel Lopez, recent grant funded surveys in Sonora, Mexico.
At the Desert Tortoise Council, our mission is to assure the perpetual survival of viable populations of Desert Tortoises throughout their historical ranges. Annually we…
Photo: by Maribel Lopez, recent grant funded surveys in Sonora, Mexico.
Professional Development Opportunity: Avian Workshop Offered by Desert Shield Environmental
Course Description
This immersive, three-day applied training is designed for biological monitors, field biologists, and environmental consultants who wish to strengthen their avian identification and...
Course Description
This immersive, three-day applied training is designed for biological monitors, field biologists, and environmental consultants who wish to strengthen their avian identification and...
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Professional Development Opportunity: Avian Workshop Offered by Desert Shield Environmental
Course Description
This immersive, three-day applied training is designed for biological monitors, field biologists, and environmental consultants who wish to strengthen their avian identification and...
Course Description
This immersive, three-day applied training is designed for biological monitors, field biologists, and environmental consultants who wish to strengthen their avian identification and...
Isla Tiburón
Photo: Adrian Slade
Photo: Adrian Slade
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Isla Tiburón
Photo: Adrian Slade
Photo: Adrian Slade
REMINDER! Applications for the 2026 David J. Morafka Memorial Research Award are due November 30.
The award was established, with the aid of several donors, to help support research that contributes to the understanding, management and conservation of tortoises of the genus Gopherus...
The award was established, with the aid of several donors, to help support research that contributes to the understanding, management and conservation of tortoises of the genus Gopherus...
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
REMINDER! Applications for the 2026 David J. Morafka Memorial Research Award are due November 30.
The award was established, with the aid of several donors, to help support research that contributes to the understanding, management and conservation of tortoises of the genus Gopherus...
The award was established, with the aid of several donors, to help support research that contributes to the understanding, management and conservation of tortoises of the genus Gopherus...
We had such a great time in Ridgecrest, CA for the Field Workshop portion of our Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Course!
Part of the Workshop includes walking transects in the field and recording the presence of tortoises or evidence of them. Test your skills on this photo!
📸D Hedrick
Part of the Workshop includes walking transects in the field and recording the presence of tortoises or evidence of them. Test your skills on this photo!
📸D Hedrick
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We had such a great time in Ridgecrest, CA for the Field Workshop portion of our Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Course!
Part of the Workshop includes walking transects in the field and recording the presence of tortoises or evidence of them. Test your skills on this photo!
📸D Hedrick
Part of the Workshop includes walking transects in the field and recording the presence of tortoises or evidence of them. Test your skills on this photo!
📸D Hedrick
$25…. Get a look at the latest from the field of Desert Tortoise Biology by AUDITING the 2025 Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Live, Online Lecture Sessions… for ONLY $25!
This online lecture course includes specific…
Photo: Max Havelka
#Desert #tortoise #biology #conservation
This online lecture course includes specific…
Photo: Max Havelka
#Desert #tortoise #biology #conservation
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
$25…. Get a look at the latest from the field of Desert Tortoise Biology by AUDITING the 2025 Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Live, Online Lecture Sessions… for ONLY $25!
This online lecture course includes specific…
Photo: Max Havelka
#Desert #tortoise #biology #conservation
This online lecture course includes specific…
Photo: Max Havelka
#Desert #tortoise #biology #conservation
#REMINDER! DTC Introductory Course Alumni?
Beginning this year, past attendees of the FULL Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Course, that maintain an ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP with the Desert Tortoise Council,
#desert #tortoise #science #conservation #research #biology
Photos: David Hedrick
Beginning this year, past attendees of the FULL Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Course, that maintain an ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP with the Desert Tortoise Council,
#desert #tortoise #science #conservation #research #biology
Photos: David Hedrick
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Its time to register for the 51st Annual Symposium!
This will be a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual attendance options) that will be held at the Palace Station Casino, in Las Vegas from February 25-27, 2026. A field trip is...
#desert #tortoise #conservation #science 🧪
Photo: Max Havelka
This will be a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual attendance options) that will be held at the Palace Station Casino, in Las Vegas from February 25-27, 2026. A field trip is...
#desert #tortoise #conservation #science 🧪
Photo: Max Havelka
October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Its time to register for the 51st Annual Symposium!
This will be a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual attendance options) that will be held at the Palace Station Casino, in Las Vegas from February 25-27, 2026. A field trip is...
#desert #tortoise #conservation #science 🧪
Photo: Max Havelka
This will be a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual attendance options) that will be held at the Palace Station Casino, in Las Vegas from February 25-27, 2026. A field trip is...
#desert #tortoise #conservation #science 🧪
Photo: Max Havelka
in the Lectures year to year. Find the links you need in the comments below!
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
in the Lectures year to year. Find the links you need in the comments below!
Desert Tortoise Council, will be eligible for a free Audit of the Online Lecture Sessions and have access to the recordings of the Online Lecture Sessions when they are available for a few weeks beginning in mid-November. This will help you keep up with the latest information provided...
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Desert Tortoise Council, will be eligible for a free Audit of the Online Lecture Sessions and have access to the recordings of the Online Lecture Sessions when they are available for a few weeks beginning in mid-November. This will help you keep up with the latest information provided...
Are you one of the HUNDREDS of DTC Introductory Course Alumni?
Beginning this year, past attendees of the FULL Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Course, that maintain an active membership with the...
#desert #tortoise #science #conservation #research #biology #ecology
Photos: David Hedrick
Beginning this year, past attendees of the FULL Introduction to the Mojave Desert Tortoise Course, that maintain an active membership with the...
#desert #tortoise #science #conservation #research #biology #ecology
Photos: David Hedrick
October 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Last week marked the passing of Dr. Glenn R. Stewart (1936-2025), one of the Desert Tortoise Council’s three founders, and a very special friend to many of us. Dr. Stewart was active on the Desert Tortoise Council’s Board of Directors from its inception until 2016 when he retired from the Board...
September 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Last week marked the passing of Dr. Glenn R. Stewart (1936-2025), one of the Desert Tortoise Council’s three founders, and a very special friend to many of us. Dr. Stewart was active on the Desert Tortoise Council’s Board of Directors from its inception until 2016 when he retired from the Board...
Program Announcement: The University of Southern California program in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology is open to applicants to the PhD program to start in Fall 2026. We especially seek outstanding candidates to,
Photo: Kevin Nay
#USC #PHD #turtle #tortoise #desert #conservation #research
Photo: Kevin Nay
#USC #PHD #turtle #tortoise #desert #conservation #research
September 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
with assistance from federal partner agencies intercepted 222 packages containing approximately 850 eastern box turtles and three-toed box turtles. Many of the turtles were discovered bound in socks and concealed in boxes falsely labeled as...
Photo 2: Smuggled box turtles. Credit: USFWS
Photo 2: Smuggled box turtles. Credit: USFWS
September 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
with assistance from federal partner agencies intercepted 222 packages containing approximately 850 eastern box turtles and three-toed box turtles. Many of the turtles were discovered bound in socks and concealed in boxes falsely labeled as...
Photo 2: Smuggled box turtles. Credit: USFWS
Photo 2: Smuggled box turtles. Credit: USFWS
Illegal turtle exports expose black market demand.
#repost U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Between August 2023 and November 2024, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement led investigation...
Photo 1: A seized eastern box turtle in a holding tank. Credit: Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS
#repost U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Between August 2023 and November 2024, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement led investigation...
Photo 1: A seized eastern box turtle in a holding tank. Credit: Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS
September 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Illegal turtle exports expose black market demand.
#repost U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Between August 2023 and November 2024, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement led investigation...
Photo 1: A seized eastern box turtle in a holding tank. Credit: Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS
#repost U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Between August 2023 and November 2024, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement led investigation...
Photo 1: A seized eastern box turtle in a holding tank. Credit: Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS
Out here all the live long week and it's still not Friday......
Photo: Natahan Shoutis
#beenworkin #desert #tortoise #reptile #mojave #sonora #conservation #science
Photo: Natahan Shoutis
#beenworkin #desert #tortoise #reptile #mojave #sonora #conservation #science
September 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Out here all the live long week and it's still not Friday......
Photo: Natahan Shoutis
#beenworkin #desert #tortoise #reptile #mojave #sonora #conservation #science
Photo: Natahan Shoutis
#beenworkin #desert #tortoise #reptile #mojave #sonora #conservation #science
The 2025 Introductory Course is now FULL!
But don't let that stop you from adding your name to the wait list or signing up to audit the Online Lecture Sessions!
The Online Lecture Sessions take place on October 24 and 25 and include specific information about the biology,
Photo: David Hedrick
But don't let that stop you from adding your name to the wait list or signing up to audit the Online Lecture Sessions!
The Online Lecture Sessions take place on October 24 and 25 and include specific information about the biology,
Photo: David Hedrick
August 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The 2025 Introductory Course is now FULL!
But don't let that stop you from adding your name to the wait list or signing up to audit the Online Lecture Sessions!
The Online Lecture Sessions take place on October 24 and 25 and include specific information about the biology,
Photo: David Hedrick
But don't let that stop you from adding your name to the wait list or signing up to audit the Online Lecture Sessions!
The Online Lecture Sessions take place on October 24 and 25 and include specific information about the biology,
Photo: David Hedrick
Is ‘Blanket Rule’ Protecting Threatened Species Under ESA Doomed?
The Center for Biological Diversity was one of the blanket rule defenders in the lawsuit. CBD senior attorney Lea Comerford...
Photo: USFWS
#tortoise #endangered #threatened #extinction #desert #conservation #science #reptile 🧪
The Center for Biological Diversity was one of the blanket rule defenders in the lawsuit. CBD senior attorney Lea Comerford...
Photo: USFWS
#tortoise #endangered #threatened #extinction #desert #conservation #science #reptile 🧪
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Is ‘Blanket Rule’ Protecting Threatened Species Under ESA Doomed?
The Center for Biological Diversity was one of the blanket rule defenders in the lawsuit. CBD senior attorney Lea Comerford...
Photo: USFWS
#tortoise #endangered #threatened #extinction #desert #conservation #science #reptile 🧪
The Center for Biological Diversity was one of the blanket rule defenders in the lawsuit. CBD senior attorney Lea Comerford...
Photo: USFWS
#tortoise #endangered #threatened #extinction #desert #conservation #science #reptile 🧪
From @npr.org : This Iconic Tortoise is Dying Out. It Could Affect the Whole Ecosystem
Since being listed as a threatened species more than 35 years ago, tortoise numbers have continued to dwindle.....
GIF: Michael Faist/NPS
#mojave #desert #tortoise #extinction #california #npr #reptiles 🧪
Since being listed as a threatened species more than 35 years ago, tortoise numbers have continued to dwindle.....
GIF: Michael Faist/NPS
#mojave #desert #tortoise #extinction #california #npr #reptiles 🧪
August 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
From @npr.org : This Iconic Tortoise is Dying Out. It Could Affect the Whole Ecosystem
Since being listed as a threatened species more than 35 years ago, tortoise numbers have continued to dwindle.....
GIF: Michael Faist/NPS
#mojave #desert #tortoise #extinction #california #npr #reptiles 🧪
Since being listed as a threatened species more than 35 years ago, tortoise numbers have continued to dwindle.....
GIF: Michael Faist/NPS
#mojave #desert #tortoise #extinction #california #npr #reptiles 🧪
WOW! If you’ve been putting off registering for the 2025 Introductory Course, now is the time. Spots are almost GONE! This course will fill up soon.
Early registration rates still...
Photo: David Hedrick
#desert #tortoise #mojave #california #science #biologist #conservation #field #workshop 🧪
Early registration rates still...
Photo: David Hedrick
#desert #tortoise #mojave #california #science #biologist #conservation #field #workshop 🧪
August 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WOW! If you’ve been putting off registering for the 2025 Introductory Course, now is the time. Spots are almost GONE! This course will fill up soon.
Early registration rates still...
Photo: David Hedrick
#desert #tortoise #mojave #california #science #biologist #conservation #field #workshop 🧪
Early registration rates still...
Photo: David Hedrick
#desert #tortoise #mojave #california #science #biologist #conservation #field #workshop 🧪
On a search?
Check out the NEW job posts!
deserttortoise.org/news/job-ann...
Photo: Kelly Hunt
#desert #tortoise #research #science #conservation
Check out the NEW job posts!
deserttortoise.org/news/job-ann...
Photo: Kelly Hunt
#desert #tortoise #research #science #conservation
August 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On a search?
Check out the NEW job posts!
deserttortoise.org/news/job-ann...
Photo: Kelly Hunt
#desert #tortoise #research #science #conservation
Check out the NEW job posts!
deserttortoise.org/news/job-ann...
Photo: Kelly Hunt
#desert #tortoise #research #science #conservation
...on the current state of affairs for Mojave Desert Tortoises.
www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
...on the current state of affairs for Mojave Desert Tortoises.
www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
www.npr.org/2025/08/11/n...
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
LISTEN to this great piece from NPR’s NPR All Things Considered:
Hear from Mojave Desert Land Trust’s Patrick Emblidge, UC Riverside's Cameron Burrows, and Kristina Drake....
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
Hear from Mojave Desert Land Trust’s Patrick Emblidge, UC Riverside's Cameron Burrows, and Kristina Drake....
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
LISTEN to this great piece from NPR’s NPR All Things Considered:
Hear from Mojave Desert Land Trust’s Patrick Emblidge, UC Riverside's Cameron Burrows, and Kristina Drake....
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
Hear from Mojave Desert Land Trust’s Patrick Emblidge, UC Riverside's Cameron Burrows, and Kristina Drake....
Photos: Joshua Tree National Park
#mojave #desert #tortoise #endangered #science #conservation 🧪
Assemble those Abstracts and Polish up Those Posters!
This is the Call for Papers for the 51st Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium!
Mark your 2026 Calendars. February 25th-27th the Desert Tortoise Council...
Photo: Max Havelka
#desert #tortoise #conservation #science #mojave #sonoran 🧪
This is the Call for Papers for the 51st Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium!
Mark your 2026 Calendars. February 25th-27th the Desert Tortoise Council...
Photo: Max Havelka
#desert #tortoise #conservation #science #mojave #sonoran 🧪
August 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM