Interpretive Education Renovations

Each spring, the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee hosts a full-time naturalist at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTRNA) in the western Mojave Desert, California. The naturalist provides interpretive services to the hundreds of visitors who flock to the DTRNA each spring to witness the beautiful wildflower bloom and to see wild tortoises who come out to feed on them. Along with the naturalist, an interpretive trailer is on-site throughout the naturalist season to provide additional interpretation about the Mojave Desert ecosystem, its inhabitants, and what our organization does to help protect the endangered Desert Tortoise. This trailer is in dire need of renovations and requires updates to the aging exhibits. The Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee is raising funds to renovate the interior of the interpretive trailer and to create vibrant new displays that will depict details about the desert ecosystem, species' adaptations to living in the desert, and threats to the desert. Additionally, we would like to provide a tablet interface to display photos, videos, and facts about desert tortoises and their behavior. 

M1059, a resident wild tortoise at the DTRNA, enjoying some lunch.

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