New San Diego Zoo program to offer threatened California Desert Tortoises a head start
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2018/07/24/new-program-offers-threatened-california-desert-tortoises-head-start/798579002/ Spartacus moves slowly, but with determination. The male California Desert Tortoise is not a big fan of the heat, and if it were up to him Spartacus would probably be hiding from the morning sun a few feet underground in a cool burrow of his own making. A resident of The Living Desert zoo […]
LA Chamber Joins Growing Coalition in Support of Cadiz Water Project
Cadiz Inc. is pleased to announce that the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce has joined the growing coalition of individuals, businesses, chambers, labor and civic organizations in support of the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project – a public-private partnership that will add a new reliable water supply in Southern California for […]
Agassiz Desert Tortoise Head Start Program Launches
July 3, 2018 BY JOHN VIRATA Reptiles Magazine A head start program to help bolster the wild populations of the Agassiz desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) was launched last week in Southern California. The program, part of a collaboration effort with the U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Zoo Global, Edwards Air Force Base, Cadiz, Inc., and the Bureau […]
Securing Southern California’s Water Future with the Help of the Cadiz Water Project
Inland Empire Community News By Courtney Degener July 10, 2018 The creation of California’s water supply and delivery system generations ago was a feat of innovation and engineering that allowed the state to become one of the most desired places in the country to live today. For decades, these traditional supplies supported the competing demands […]