Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
Dr. Brian Henen, a Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Enviromental Affairs Division ecologist, explains how soft a baby tortoise shell is at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. The Bureau of Land Management California visited MCAGCC to learn what the Marine Corps was doing to help protect the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
Karen Mourtisen, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California state director, picks up a baby desert tortoise at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. During the visit, members of California BLM saw measures taken by the installation to protect and preserve the desert tortoise population. (U.S.......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
A desert Tortoise eats kale at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. The Bureau of Land Management California visited MCAGCC to learn what the Marine Corps was doing to help protect the tortoises in the area and how they inform Marines of protecting the animals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
Karen Mourtisen, the Bureau of Land Management California state director, holds a desert tortoise at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. During the visit, members of California BLM saw measures taken by the installation to protect and preserve the desert tortoise population. (U.S. Marine Corps......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
Karen Mourtisen, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California state director, picks up a desert tortoise at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. During the visit, members of California BLM saw measures taken by the installation to protect and preserve the desert tortoise population. (U.S. Marine......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
A desert Tortoise explores its enclosure at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. The Bureau of Land Management California visited MCAGCC to learn what the Marine Corps was doing to help protect the tortoises in the area and how they inform Marines of protecting the animals. (U.S. Marine Corps......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Benjamin Adams, assistant chief of staff G-3, holds a desert tortoise at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. The Bureau of Land Management California visited MCAGCC to learn what the Marine Corps was doing to help protect the tortoises in the area and how they inform......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.16.2023
Dr. Brian Henen, a Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Enviromental Affairs Division ecologist, speaks to California State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 16, 2023. During the visit, members of California BLM saw measures taken by the installation to protect and......
