Further Information About Desert Tortoises

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A wealth of information can be obtained by joining the Desert

Tortoise Council or a tortoise club.  Club newsletters provide

up-to-date information on desert tortoises.  Below are the names

and addresses of clubs and organizations dedicated to the desert

tortoise:



American Federation of Herpetoculturists

PO Box 1131

Lakeside, CA  92040

(A.F.H. publication:  The Vivarium)



Arizona Herpetological Association

1433 W. Huntington Dr.

Tempe, AZ  85282



California State Department of Fish and Game

245 W. Broadway, Suite 350

Long Beach, CA  90802 (213) 590-5132



California Department of Fish and Game

CalTip (Californians Turn In Poachers)

(800)952-5400  (Use this number if you observe anyone removing,

shooting at, or trying to injure wild desert tortoises.)



California Turtle and Tortoise Club

  Westchester Chapter

  PO Box 90252

  Los Angeles, CA  90009



  Orange County Chapter

  PO Box 11124

  Santa Ana, CA  92711

 

  Foothill Chapter

  PO Box 194

  Montrose, CA  91020

 

  San Bernardino Chapter

  PO Box 2371

  San Bernardino, CA  92405

 

  Valley Chapter

  PO Box 44152

  Panorama City, CA  91402



Officials of the California Turtle and Tortoise Club

  Walter Allen (714) 962-0612

  Martha Young-Wheeler (213) 408-2583

  Cathy Debs (213) 257-0057

  David Kavanaugh (213) 433-2112



Chicago Herpetological Society

2001 North Clark St.

Chicago, IL  60614

 

Desert Tortoise Council

5319 Cerritos Ave.

Long Beach, CA  90805

Evelyn St. Amant, Secretary

(213) 590-5113  (213) 422-6172



Desert Tortoise Natural Area

US Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

California Desert District Office

1695 Spruce St.

Riverside, CA  92506

(714) 351-6394

 

Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee

PO Box 453

Ridgecrest, CA  93555

 

Gopher Tortoise Council

Route 1, Box 1367

Anthony, FL  32617

Ellen B. Nichol, Editor of Bulletin

(Similar to Desert Tortoise Council--endeavoring to save the

Gopher Tortoise of the southeastern US)



San Diego Turtle and Tortoise Society

13963 Lyons Valley Rd.

Jamul, CA  92035-9607

Virn Kirchman, Editor of Newsletter



Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)

Douglas H. Taylor, Publications Secretary

Dept. of Zoology

Miami University

Oxford, OH  45056



Southwestern Herpetologist's Society

Inland Empire Branch

San Bernadino County Museum

2024 Orange Tree Lane

Redlands, CA  92373



T.E.A.M. (Tortoise Education and Adoption Media)

3245 Military Ave.

Los Angeles, CA  90034

Roy Lewis, Publisher

(An excellent scientific newsletter written for non-scientists)