The desert tortoise was first listed as threatened in 1990.

Six local, Utah-based and national conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service was included in the lawsuit because the agency authorized the killing, harming or disturbance ...

The Biden administration previously blocked the proposed 4.3-mile highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area — ...

A federal judge has ordered off-highway vehicle riders to steer clear of more than 2,200 miles of proposed routes through California’s Mojave Desert that’s home to the threatened desert tortoise. In a ...

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against agencies of the U.S. Department of the Interior on Feb. 4 over the recent ...

Environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the federal government over its recent reapproval of the Northern Corridor, continuing a decades-long saga over highway through desert tortoise habitat.

Two wildlife crossings are proposed for State Route 62 to reduce the hundreds of annual animal deaths. The crossings would improve safety for both animals and drivers, as wildlife-vehicle collisions ...