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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), has prepared a final environmental assessment (EA) on the N.M. Ranch Properties, Inc. (Armendaris Ranch) Bolson Tortoise Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) in Socorro and Sierra Counties, New Mexico. New Mexico Ranch Properties, Inc (applicant) submitted...
Safe Harbor Agreement and Draft Environmental Assessment for the Bolson tortoise Public comments will be accepted for 30 days beginning February 10, 2023 and ending March 13, 2023.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have prepared a draft environmental...
In the 1950s in Mexico, scientists first described a new species of North American tortoise. In the 1970s Several of these Bolson tortoises we brought to the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch including the first, a large female tortoise named Gertie, whose age is unknow, but experts estimate she’s...