29th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the
Desert Tortoise Council, February 20-23, 2004
Abstracts

BLM Arizona Talking Points

Roger Taylor
Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Strip Field Office 345 E. Riverside Dr., St. George UT 84790

In Arizona, >80% of the desert tortoise population is within the Arizona Strip boundaries. We will discuss the following desert tortoise topics, including management plans, recovery plan, major accomplishments, current status, the Mojave and Sonoran populations, grazing impacts, areas of critical environmental concern, and population declines.