USGS Research Ecologist Jeff Lovich gets ready to release a male desert tortoise
By Southwest Biological Science Center
June 2016 (approx.)
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USGS Research Ecologist Jeff Lovich gets ready to release a male desert tortoise into its cave-like shelter in southern Joshua Tree National Park after collecting data. Photo by Shellie Puffer, USGS, SBSC.
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