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Description: English: Tortoise 2-4 takes her first steps in the wild after being released at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, September 30, 2015. NREA released 35 tortoises from the program after they spent approximately 9 years at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The tortoises were required to grow to a length of at least 4 inches before being released in order to assure they could better fend off predation and are equipped with a radio transmitter so that they can continue to be monitored. (Official USMC photo by Lauren Kurkimilis/Released) Unit: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. Date: Taken on 30 September 2015. Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2204498/desert-tortoise-headstart-program-makes-first-release. Author: Lauren Kurkimilis. LocationInfoFieldMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US. VIRINInfoField : This image was released by the United States Marine Corps with the ID 150930-M-XW818-062 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية | বাংলা | Deutsch | Deutsch (Sie-Form) | English | español | euskara | فارسی | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | polski | پښتو | português | svenska | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体） | 中文（繁體） | +/− :. Search DVIDs. PostedInfoField30 September 2015, 22:42. Archive linkInfoFieldarchive copy.

Description: Desert tortoise near Las Vegas. Photo by Chris Rondeau/USFWS. Date: 8 July 2011, 18:41. Source: Desert Tortoise. Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: English: Tortoise 2-4 prepares to be released at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, September 30, 2015. NREA released 35 tortoises from the program after they spent approximately 9 years at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The tortoises were required to grow to a length of at least 4 inches before being released in order to assure they could better fend off predation and are equipped with a radio transmitter so that they can continue to be monitored. (Official USMC photo by Lauren Kurkimilis/Released) Unit: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. Date: Taken on 30 September 2015. Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2204486/desert-tortoise-headstart-program-makes-first-release. Author: Lauren Kurkimilis. LocationInfoFieldMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US. VIRINInfoField : This image was released by the United States Marine Corps with the ID 150930-M-XW818-801 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية | বাংলা | Deutsch | Deutsch (Sie-Form) | English | español | euskara | فارسی | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | polski | پښتو | português | svenska | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体） | 中文（繁體） | +/− :. Search DVIDs. PostedInfoField30 September 2015, 22:44. Archive linkInfoFieldarchive copy.

Description: The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the availability of a Revised Recovery Plan for the threatened Mojave population of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Plan takes a new approach to reversing declines in Mojave desert tortoise populations through a coordinated effort of science-based implementation and evaluation of conservation actions. Unlike the previous Recovery Plan, which focused on mitigation measures, this Plan recognizes the need to adjust to the accelerating pace of environmental change and its impact on key resource management issues, such as corridors and connectivity. The Plan will be a living document that advances a natural resource management model where ongoing detection of changes and attribution of causes will provide the basic information on whether or not the desert tortoise or its ecosystem is changing beyond natural variability. By continuous examination of vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of the desert tortoise to environmental change, resource managers will be able to update the Plan as it is being implemented with conservation measures that will help the desert tortoise recover. Photo credit: USFWS. Date: 24 September 2009, 10:44. Source: Mojave Desert Tortoise. Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: English: Tortoise 2-4 takes her first steps in the wild after being released at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, September 30, 2015. NREA released 35 tortoises from the program after they spent approximately 9 years at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The tortoises were required to grow to a length of at least 4 inches before being released in order to assure they could better fend off predation and are equipped with a radio transmitter so that they can continue to be monitored. (Official USMC photo by Lauren Kurkimilis/Released) Unit: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. Date: Taken on 30 September 2015. Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2204489/desert-tortoise-headstart-program-makes-first-release. Author: Lance Cpl. Julio McGraw. LocationInfoFieldMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US. VIRINInfoField : This image was released by the United States Marine Corps with the ID 150930-M-FZ867-938 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية | বাংলা | Deutsch | Deutsch (Sie-Form) | English | español | euskara | فارسی | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | polski | پښتو | português | svenska | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体） | 中文（繁體） | +/− :. Search DVIDs. PostedInfoField30 September 2015, 22:43. Archive linkInfoFieldarchive copy.

Description: Kids eagerly lined up to touch some of the reptiles native to Ash Meadows NWR, like this endangered desert tortoise. Sharon McKelvey/USFWS. Date: 10 September 2011, 19:56. Source: endangered desert tortoise. Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) commonly known as the Mojave desert tortoise. Photo by the Desert Tortoise Recovery Office, USFWS. Date: 3 April 2008, 13:39. Source: Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: English: Desert turtle at the National Turtle Center in Mazunte, Mexico. Date: 23 December 2009. Source: Own work. Author: AlejandroLinaresGarcia.

Description: Desert tortoise near Las Vegas. Photo: Chris Rondeau/USFWS. Date: 1 October 2011, 15:59. Source: Desert Tortoise5. Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: Gopherus Agassizii. Date:. Source: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu. Author: Pierre Fidenci. Permission (Reusing this file): Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. Pierre Fidenci authorises the use of the pictures by him published on the website calphotos.berkeley.edu under the licence Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. See also category: Photographs by Pierre Fidenci. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2009030210018876. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2009030210018876.

Description: Gopherus Agassizii. Date:. Source: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu. Author: Pierre Fidenci. Permission (Reusing this file): Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. Pierre Fidenci authorises the use of the pictures by him published on the website calphotos.berkeley.edu under the licence Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. See also category: Photographs by Pierre Fidenci. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2009030210018876. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2009030210018876.

Description: The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the availability of a Revised Recovery Plan for the threatened Mojave population of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Plan takes a new approach to reversing declines in Mojave desert tortoise populations through a coordinated effort of science-based implementation and evaluation of conservation actions. Unlike the previous Recovery Plan, which focused on mitigation measures, this Plan recognizes the need to adjust to the accelerating pace of environmental change and its impact on key resource management issues, such as corridors and connectivity. The Plan will be a living document that advances a natural resource management model where ongoing detection of changes and attribution of causes will provide the basic information on whether or not the desert tortoise or its ecosystem is changing beyond natural variability. By continuous examination of vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of the desert tortoise to environmental change, resource managers will be able to update the Plan as it is being implemented with conservation measures that will help the desert tortoise recover. Photo credit: USFWS. Date: 24 September 2009, 10:42. Source: Mojave Desert Tortoise. Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: English: Location taken: North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, N.C. Names: Gopherus morafkai Murphy, Berry, Edwards, Leviton, Lathrop & Riedle, 2011, Morafka’s Desert Tortois Classification: Animalia > Chordata > Reptilia > Testudines > Testudinidae > Scaptochelys > Scaptochelys agassizii. Date: 15 September 2006. Source: source: David Stang. First published at ZipcodeZoo.com. Author: Photo by David J. Stang.

Description: Desert Tortoise on display at the Bean Museum of BYU. Date: Taken on 22 July 2017, 16:48. Source: Desert Tortoise. Author: Ben P L. Camera location40° 15′ 12.54″ N, 111° 38′ 50.68″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 40.253484; -111.647411.

Description: English: Desert tortoise, endangered St. George, Utah Beth Jackson/USFWS. Date: 18 April 2008. Source: : This image originates from the National Digital Library of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service at this page This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. See Category:Images from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.. Author: Beth Jackson / USFWS.

Description: English: Desert Tortoise in the Mojave Desert. Date: 23 September 2005, 04:32:04. Source: : This image originates from the National Digital Library of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service at this page This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. See Category:Images from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.. Author: Rachel London / USFWS.

Description: Gopherus Agassizii. Date:. Source: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu. Author: Pierre Fidenci. Permission (Reusing this file): Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. Pierre Fidenci authorises the use of the pictures by him published on the website calphotos.berkeley.edu under the licence Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. See also category: Photographs by Pierre Fidenci. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2009030210018876. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2009030210018876.

Description: Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) commonly known as the Mojave desert tortoise. Photo by the Desert Tortoise Recovery Office, USFWS. Date: 3 April 2008, 14:17. Source: Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: The desert tortoise can live where ground temperatures may top 140 degrees F because it digs burrows to escape the heat. (NPS Photo). Date: 9 August 2005, 16:41. Source: Desert Tortoise. Author: Lake Mead NRA Public Affairs.

Description: English: Tortoise 2-4 takes her first steps in the wild after being released at the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs-hosted ceremony for the first release of tortoises from the Combat Center’s Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, September 30, 2015. NREA released 35 tortoises from the program after they spent approximately 9 years at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. The tortoises were required to grow to a length of at least 4 inches before being released in order to assure they could better fend off predation and are equipped with a radio transmitter so that they can continue to be monitored. (Official USMC photo by Lauren Kurkimilis/Released) Unit: Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms. Date: Taken on 30 September 2015. Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2204496/desert-tortoise-headstart-program-makes-first-release. Author: Lauren Kurkimilis. LocationInfoFieldMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US. VIRINInfoField : This image was released by the United States Marine Corps with the ID 150930-M-XW818-997 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing. العربية | বাংলা | Deutsch | Deutsch (Sie-Form) | English | español | euskara | فارسی | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | polski | پښتو | português | svenska | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体） | 中文（繁體） | +/− :. Search DVIDs. PostedInfoField30 September 2015, 22:43. Archive linkInfoFieldarchive copy.

Description: English: Desert turtle at the National Turtle Center in Mazunte, Mexico. Date: 23 December 2009. Source: Own work. Author: AlejandroLinaresGarcia.

Summary Gopherus agassizii Description: Desert Tortoise - Taken near Saint George, UT. Date: 23 October 2005 (original upload date). Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Author: Utahcamera at English Wikipedia.

Description: Desert Tortoise. Date: 17 April 2014, 19:01. Source: Desert Tortoise. Author: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US.

Description: Gopherus Agassizii. Date:. Source: http://calphotos.berkeley.edu. Author: Pierre Fidenci. Permission (Reusing this file): Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. Pierre Fidenci authorises the use of the pictures by him published on the website calphotos.berkeley.edu under the licence Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5. See also category: Photographs by Pierre Fidenci. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2009030210018876. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2009030210018876.