Conduct education, engagement, and outreach to build on and expand prior behavioral change successes in the Mojave Desert using active interventions. The project will engage children, outdoor recreationists, restaurateurs, and the military communities surrounding the Western Mojave Recovery Unit focal areas in the Barstow region. The project will promote behavior change via practical, programmatic, and social norming actions to reduce harmful human-tortoise interactions.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Desert Tortoise Recovery Partnership
Project Title: Reducing Human-Tortoise Conflicts by Stimulating Human Behavior Change in the West Mojave (CA)
Organization:
The Living Desert
Project ID:
2508.23.079538
Description:
Award Amount:
$488458.86
Location:
Mojave Desert Tortoise habitat Focal Areas in and surrounding Barstow, California