Friends Group · Palm Desert, CA
Friends of the Desert Mountains
Acquire and preserve pristine desert habitat in the Coachella Valley.
12 staff + 100 volunteers80¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1987
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s standing up for desert tortoises?
Wildlife · 55 groups work for them; these 3 lead
Oregon Natural Desert Association has 3 cases live in federal court
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
3 groups are on the record for desert tortoises, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
Stewardship · Bend, OR
High Desert Museum
Explore the connections between people and the high desert landscape.
112 staff + 150 volunteers83¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1982
Friends Group · Bend, OR
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Protect, defend, and restore Oregon’s high desert.
3 live federal cases
18 staff + 115 volunteers75¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1987
24 more groups also work on desert tortoises
Also standing for them
American PrairieTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLand TrustRocky Mountain Elk FoundationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatAdvocacyBat Conservation InternationalTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeMule Deer FoundationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeSagebrush Sea Campaign (Audubon)Their work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeWild Sheep FoundationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeXerces Society for Invertebrate ConservationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeKachemak Heritage Land TrustTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLand TrustThe Conservation FundTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLand TrustVital Ground FoundationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLand TrustWilderness Land TrustTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLand TrustGreat Old Broads for WildernessTheir work includes wildlife & habitatStewardshipNatural Resources Defense CouncilTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLegalWestern Watersheds ProjectTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLegalWildEarth GuardiansTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLegalCenter for Biological DiversityTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLegalRocky Mountain WildTheir work includes wildlife & habitatLegalBonneville Environmental FoundationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeBoone and Crockett ClubTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeCraighead InstituteTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifeNational Wild Turkey FederationTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifePeregrine FundTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifePheasants ForeverTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlifePredator DefenseTheir work includes wildlife & habitatWildlife
Your move
How to stand for desert tortoises
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3 groups on the record, Friends of the Desert Mountains with 12 staff + 100 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.