[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA, EXPANSION: Ft. Irwin (CA) and desert tortoise relocation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public input sought on relocating desert tortoises for military training 
center project


By DAVID DANELSKI
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
February 7, 2009


The federal government is asking for the public's help in deciding how 
best to relocate desert tortoises to make way for expansion of Fort 
Irwin Army training center near Barstow.

The effort to move the tortoises to new territory was suspended last 
fall when at least 90 of the 556 tortoises died after they were 
relocated. Most of those were killed by coyotes. Of those that survived, 
some returned to their home range on military property.

Now the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and Fort Irwin National Training 
Center have announced a "scoping period" ending Feb. 18 to hear the 
public's suggestions on what issues should be addressed before tortoises 
are again moved from Fort Irwin expansion areas.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_tortoises08.414a947.html#


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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