Lawmakers in the area have sought the road to ease congestion around the growing city of St. George. A coalition of conservation groups is suing the Trump administration over its approval of a highway ...

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A federal judge sided with conservation groups Sunday, blocking construction of a four-lane highway across Utah’s Red Cliffs National Conservation Area until the merits of a lawsuit challenging the ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — It's been 18 years since the federal government decided to protect the shy, slow-moving Mojave desert tortoise, and wildlife officials fear little has been accomplished. "We know for ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mojave Desert Preserve has announced a limited number of winter job openings with the goal of protecting desert tortoises. The ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...