Attachment 3- DT Handout.pdf
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This document is a Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) protection informational handout for Edwards Air Force Base. The handout provides comprehensive details about the federally protected, threatened desert tortoise species, including physical characteristics, habitat, and critical conservation guidelines. Key information includes the tortoise's size (1.5 inches at hatching, up to 1 foot as an adult), its status as California's state reptile, and its protection mandate under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion.
The document outlines specific protocols for personnel encountering desert tortoises, with instructions on safe handling if the animal is in immediate road danger, including carefully lifting the tortoise with two hands and moving it at least 100 feet away in the same direction. Protective measures emphasized include avoiding tortoise harassment, checking under vehicles before movement, keeping to approved roads, reporting sightings to 412 CEG/CEVA, preventing raven attraction, and ensuring water tanks do not leak. Unauthorized collection or harassment can result in significant penalties, including fines up to $50,000 and potential imprisonment.
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© Kevin Powell All Rights Reserved
DT Handout 412 TW/PA Release #18150 20180316
Adult
Burrow
Juvenile
Federally protected as Threatened by the Endangered Species Act.
Official state reptile of California! Soft scaly body with a hard shell. Could be green, grey, tan, or brown. Only 1.5 inches in diameter after hatching, but up to 1 foot in diameter as adult.
Desert Tortoise protection at Edwards AFB is mandated by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion: “Operations and Activities at Edwards Air Force Base, California” (8-8-14-F-14).
Unauthorized collection, handling or harassment can be prosecuted: Fines up to $50,000 and/or 1 year imprisonment.
Often looks like a moving rock and hard to spot!
Spends over 90% of its life underground in burrows.
Most active in Spring and Fall but possible to see all year-round especially after a rain.
Attracted to water. Often seen where puddling occurs during or after a rain (like road shoulders).
Found throughout the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Desert.
If tortoise found in immediate danger
(on the road), and it is safe to do so, please move it:
Approach slowly from the front
Carefully lift tortoise by the sides with 2 hands and keep level
Move tortoise at least 100 feet away, in the shade, in the same direction it was going.
Call
412 CEG/CEVA
661-277-1417 661-277-1401
How you can protect the Desert Tortoise Do not handle a tortoise unless it is on the road and in immediate danger.
If a tortoise is on the road in immediate danger, you may move the tortoise off the road.
Check under parked vehicles and equipment before moving or operating.
Keep vehicles and equipment on existing or approved roads and staging areas.
If tortoise is sighted in project area, call 412 CEG/CEVA. Observe from a distance.
Do not attract ravens. Ravens are a major predator of the Desert Tortoise. Keep trash in raven-proof containers. Make sure lids are tightly closed. Do not feed the wildlife!
Ensure water tanks and trucks are free of water leaks that might attract predators.
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