Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore endangered desert tortoise habitats.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A solar project 38 miles west of Las Vegas was approved on Thursday despite environmental conflicts with the threatened Mojave desert tortoise. The Bureau of Land Management ...

U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for authorizing damaging activities in the California Desert Conservation Area, including a vast network of off-road vehicle ...

U.S. Army plans to expand Fort Irwin still comprise one of the major threats to the desert tortoise in the west Mojave. In 1946, the Bureau of Land Management was formed and became responsible for ...

The monument also serves to preserve the area's incredibly biodiverse land, nearly two-thirds of which is critical habitat for the endangered Mojave Desert tortoise and the desert pupfish.