At the center of environmentalists’ concerns is the protected Mojave desert tortoise. The High Desert Trail would pass through some of Utah’s most important tortoise habitats.
Washington County’s leg of the proposed High Desert Trail, a 700-mile continuous motorized route across western Utah, would pass through the Joshua Tree National Natural Landmark in Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area.This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.
“It’ll end up with a name. There will be signage along it that says, ‘Go this way,’ which actually helps cut down and drastically reduce anybody exploring off route,” Fonger said. “This is a long distance. The type of users it attracts are not adrenaline explorers.”issued a “categorical exclusion,”Critics say that is a huge mistake and sets a bad precedent.
The route passes through seven counties, with the southernmost, Washington, Iron and Beaver, farthest along in planning. Most of the 63,645-acre NCA is designated tortoise habitat and the route passes through areas with the highest densities of desert tortoise, yet there are no tortoise exclusion fences or crossing culverts, according to the BLM.
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