2023

Volume 47, Issue 1

• Grassroots Efforts Tentatively Halt Luxury Hotel Development in Tortoise Territory
• Recap of the 48th Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium
• Desert Tortoise Council Hires David Hedrick as Operations Manager
• Just a Tortoise from Last Night

2022

Volume 46, Issue 2

• The Desert’s Growing Problem: Illegal Cannabis Grow Farms
• Linda Allison: A Powerful Legacy
• Desert Tortoise Council Attends 2022 Symposium on Conservation and Biology for Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles
• Update on Petition to List the Mojave Desert Tortoise as Endangered Under the California Endangered Species Act

Volume 46, Issue 1

• The Desert Balloon Project
• 20 Years of Commitment to Tortoise and Turtle Conservation
• The New Normal: DTC Introductory Training Programs
• Recent Publications, 2019-2021
• Mojave Desert Tortoise Critically Endangered

2021

Volume 45, Issue 1

• BLM Purchases $5 Million Land Parcel in Desert Tortoise Reserve
• Grant Award For Purchase Reserva Monte Mojino
• Structure and Function of the Desert Tortoise Council’s Ecosystems Advisory Committee (EAC)
• Ravens Prove a Challenge for Indoor Head-starting Experiment

2020

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2019

Volume 44, Issue 1

• Conservation Organizations Gathered to Discuss Enhanced Wildlife Protection in the U.S.-Mexico Border States
• Recap of the 44th Annual Desert Tortoise Symposium: Where Science Meets Winter Wonderland
• Non-native Tortoises Found in Red Cliffs Desert Reserve are Likely Former Pets
• 2019 Grant & Award Winners
• Recent Publications

2018

Volume 43, Issue 1

• Conservation Tools Highlight: Giving Desert Tortoises a Head-start in Life
• Recap of the 43rd Annual Desert Tortoise Symposium: Diversifying Sessions, Broadening Our Audience
• Why Desert Conservationists Care About the Desert Tortoise
• The Legacy of Dr. Peter F. Brussard: Conservation Biology Pioneer
• What’s New? Our Recent Efforts to Support Chelonian Conservation Worldwide
• 2018 Lockheed Martin Diversity Grant Awardee, Camille Traylor
• Recent Publications

2017

Volume 42, Issue 1

• Desert Tortoise Paternity Assignments Highlight Unexpected Shortcomings of Common Conservation Strategy
• DTC Attends 26th Annual Kern River Valley Bioregions Festival
• Researchers Sequence Genome of Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise
• Council Offers Authorized Biologist Training
• Nevada Bans Commercial Reptile Collection
• Recent Publications

2016

Volume 41, Issue 1

• Goode’s Thornscrub Tortoise: New Tortoise Species Discovered
• The Desert Tortoise Council’s 40th Annual Symposium
• Summary of the Special Bighorn Sheep Session
• Battle of Desert Tortoise vs. Marines
• Master’s Thesis Work Aims to Promote Desert Tortoise Recovery
• Council Offers Training in Desert Tortoise Health Assessment Procedures
• New Publication on Enhancing and Restoring Habitat for Desert Tortoise
• Annotated Bibliography on the Desert Tortoise

Volume 41, Issue 2

• Biologist’s Work, Desert Tortoise, an Exciting Adventure
• The Desert Tortoise Council’s 42nd Annual Symposium
• Health Assessment Procedures for Translocations of the Mojave Desert Tortoise
• Introduction to Desert Tortoises and Field Techniques Course Planned for 2017
• Desert Tortoise Council Agency Coordination Committee
• A Look Ahead: Meetings in 2017
• Desert Tortoise Saved When Arizona Game & Fish Comes to Rescue

2015

Volume 40, Issue 1

• Defending a Desert Icon: Journey through the California Desert
• The Desert Tortoise Council’s 40 Years of Desert Success
• 40th Annual Symposium Update
• Energy Versus Tortoises, the Sequel: Draft DRECP Threatens Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area
• Request for comments on DRECP
• New Desert Tortoise Council Logo Unveiled
• Best Management Practices Forthcoming

Volume 40, Issue 2

• New Study Identifies Unprotected G. agassizii Populations
• The Desert Tortoise Council’s 40th Annual Symposium
• Notes from the 40th Annual Symposium Field Trip
• Council Offers Training in Desert Tortoise Health Assessment Procedures
• New Study Reveals Complex Evolutionary History of Desert Tortoises
• 2015 Workshop Review: Introduction to Desert Tortoises and Field Techniques
• Tortoise Interrupts Construction Workers to use New Wildlife Underpass
• BLM Reveals Little as Bundy Failure Lingers
• New Wildlife Film Stars Desert Tortoise, Scientists

2014

Volume 39, Issue 1

• The BLM-Bundy Debacle
• 39th Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium Recap
• Comments Sought on USFWS Recovery Action Plans
• Study Finds Turtles are Closer Kin to Birds, Crocodiles than to Lizards, Snakes
• Struggle for Survival: Some Animals Moving, Vanishing as Deserts Grow Hotter

Volume 39, Issue 2

• (Tortoise) Food for Thought: Can Livestock Grazing and the Desert Tortoise Co-exist?
• CTTC Celebrates 50 Years
• The Threat of Traditional Medicine: China’s Boom May Mean Doom for Turtles
• Tortoises Show Off Smarts by Mastering Touch-Screen Tech
• Long-term AZGFD Study Compromised by Tortoise Shooting