The latest DTRO announcements fff en-us victor_cobos@fws.gov (Vic Cobos) 08/01/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/images/graphics/emblem6.gif http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dt/dt_life.html Pet Tortoise Pick-Up Service Ends Desert tortoises have lived in the area that is now the Mojave Desert for millions of years. Today, they are rarely seen in the wild and in some places have disappeared entirely. Even though desert tortoise populations have declined in the wilds of the harsh desert, captive pet tortoises have been able to thrive with regular food and water. Their longevity and the uncontrolled breeding of captive tortoises has resulted in thousands of unwanted pets, many of which have been brought to the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 1/29/2013 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights/news_releases/2008/080108__dt_rp_nr.pdf Strategies for recovering the threatened desert tortoise are the subject of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Mojave population. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 8/01/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/documents/recovery_plan/DraftRevRP_Mojave_Desert_Tortoise.pdf Download the Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Mojave population (7.35 MB PDF). Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 8/01/2008 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html Recovery Plan Open Houses - A preliminary, courtesy-review draft of revised desert tortoise recovery plan is now available. Note that this is a working document and that comments are solicited to help craft the final draft recovery plan prior to formal public comment. A round of public open houses to learn more about, discuss, and provide input on the draft Recovery Plan is scheduled on the dates below, locations to be dertermined. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/16/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html Recovery Plan Open Houses - A preliminary, courtesy-review draft of revised desert tortoise recovery plan is now available. Note that this is a working document and that comments are solicited to help craft the final draft recovery plan prior to formal public comment. A round of public open houses to learn more about, discuss, and provide input on the draft Recovery Plan is scheduled on the dates below, locations to be dertermined. More... Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 10/16/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html Two upcoming open houses to learn more about, discuss, and provide input on the draft Recovery Plan Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 09/06/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html The Desert Tortoise Management Oversight Group (MOG) will be meeting on September 14, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N101-102 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 08/28/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html The Desert Tortoise Science Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting on June 11 includes a 2-hour open forum for stakeholders or other interested parties to interact with the SAC. The open forum will be held from 5-7pm at the Renaissance Hotel. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/23/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html Available for review: "Draft Environmental Assessment to Implement a Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan Task: Reduce Common Raven Predation on the Desert Tortoise," available at http://www.fws.gov/ventura. The comment period will close on May 7, 2007. Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/02/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html California Recovery Planning Workgroup Meeting, University of Redlands, Redlands, California, 22-23 May 2007 Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/02/2007 http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dtro_announcements.html Arizona-Nevada-Utah Recovery Planning Workgroup meeting, Marriott Suites, 325 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas, 09-10 May 2007 Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office 05/02/2007