Judge Rejects Federal Project Threatening California's Desert Tortoises
October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release:
"Yesterday's court decision is the culmination of our 18-year legal battle to adequately protect the threatened desert tortoise and its critical habitat from off-highway vehicle use on public lands in the western Mojave Desert," said Jeff Aardahl, senior California representative for Defenders of Wildlife. "This is clearly a win for the desert tortoise, whi . . .
"Yesterday's court decision is the culmination of our 18-year legal battle to adequately protect the threatened desert tortoise and its critical habitat from off-highway vehicle use on public lands in the western Mojave Desert," said Jeff Aardahl, senior California representative for Defenders of Wildlife. "This is clearly a win for the desert tortoise, whi . . .