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Army Rethinks Tortoise Relocation

Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | 2 Comments »

While the U.S. Marine Corps has announced plans to expand its 29 Palms base, the Army's Ft. Irwin expansion efforts faced some difficulty when the Army announced on Friday that it would suspend its much-criticized desert tortoise relocation program. As biologists ...