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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

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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
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Announcing Our 48th Annual Symposium!

The Desert Tortoise Council is pleased to announce the 48th Annual Meeting and Symposium, which will be a hybrid event (both in-person and virtual attendance options) that will be held at the Dixie Center in Saint George, Utah, in February 2023.  Find out more and download the Call for Papers!

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