San Bernardino County Sun BARSTOW - An environmental watchdog group claims a federal agency has failed to protect such sensitive species as the desert tortoise in the Mojave Desert while focusing on off-road-vehicle activities.
The Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Ariz., says federal rangers assigned to the Barstow office of the Bureau of Land Management are devoting excessive time to off-roaders at places like the Dumont Dunes north of Baker, Johnson and Stoddard valleys south of Barstow, and El Mirage dry lake near Adelanto. .........
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