When crews broke ground on a Mojave solar plant in California’s Ivanpah Valley, the permit allowed 38 adult desert tortoises to be moved — biologists then collected 166, and across the valley Fish and Wildlife would eventually release more than 9,100 into a fenced translocation site.

A Mojave solar plant was permitted to move 38 adult desert tortoises. Biologists then collected 166. Across the valley, 9,100 had already been released. The post When crews broke ground on a Mojave solar plant in California’s Ivanpah Valley, the permit allowed 38 adult desert tortoises to be moved — biologists then collected 166, and across the valley Fish and Wildlife would eventually release…