Desert Tortoise Headstarting

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DesertTortoiseHead Starting
Environmental Management Edwards AFB
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In the Beginning.
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So what is head starting ?
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Goals

• Increase survivorship
• Increase overall numbers of tortoises
• Delisting

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Research

• Survivability
• Growth Rates
• Disease Transfer
• Release Locations

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What is needed for head starting ?
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Researchers
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Why Edwards AFB was selected?
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What is Going On at Edwards AFB?
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Organizations

• USFWS
• UCLA
• California State University, Dominguez Hills
• Fort Irwin (Army)
• Edwards (AFB)

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Baby Tortoises to Date

• 28 animals in 2003
• Over 40 in 2004 so far.
• 6 Released

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Desert Tortoise Reproduction and Genetic Study
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What must be included in the permit applications
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• Who?
• What ?
• Where?
• Why?
• When?
• How?
• Etc.

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• What are we doing to recover the tortoise ?

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Long term commitment

• Hatchlings are held in pens up to 7 years.
• After release, several years of monitoring is
  required to assess survival rate.

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Funding

• Long term funding is needed.

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