At the end of the newly opened Tortoise Walk Trail, a 2-ton granite tortoise statue rests against a backdrop of Navajo sandstone and black lava, marking the culmination of a four-year project.
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DWR News Release SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources currently has several desert tortoises available for adoption and is accepting applications. Mojave desert tortoises, native to areas north and west of the Colorado River in Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California, were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990.