A Native American dancer conducts a ceremonial performance for the families attending the 4th Annual Earth Day Extravaganza aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2018. The purpose of the extravaganza is to bring families together and educate them on how to be better stewards of the Earth’s resources. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Porter) - A Native American dancer conducts a ceremonial performance for the families attending the 4th Annual Earth Day Extravaganza aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 13, 2018. The purpose of the extravaganza is to bring families together and educate them on how to be better stewards of the Earth’s resources. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Porter)
Participants navigate the Combat Center Bike Trail during the annual Earth Day Bike ride held aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 8, 2017. The 11-mile ride started at Range 100. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dave Flores) - Participants navigate the Combat Center Bike Trail during the annual Earth Day Bike ride held aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 8, 2017. The 11-mile ride started at Range 100. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dave Flores)
Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, tracks released desert tortoises using directional antennas and receivers at Sand Hill training area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 5, 2017. The release of 50 juvenile tortoise from the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site occurred in March. The program was designed to find effective ways to increase the population of the tortoises on and around the installation as well as solve potential problems that wild tortoises face today. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dave Flores) - Mary Lane Poe, biologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, tracks released desert tortoises using directional antennas and receivers at Sand Hill training area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 5, 2017. The release of 50 juvenile tortoise from the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site occurred in March. The program was designed to find effective ways to increase the population of the tortoises on and around the installation as well as solve potential problems that wild tortoises face today. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dave Flores)
Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, has been involved in conservation his entire life and studied various tortoise species for more than 20 years. Throughout his career, he has learned about the various species of tortoises and contributed to scientific tortoise literature when he survived a Desert Tortoise attack. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released) - Brian Henen, ecologist, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, has been involved in conservation his entire life and studied various tortoise species for more than 20 years. Throughout his career, he has learned about the various species of tortoises and contributed to scientific tortoise literature when he survived a Desert Tortoise attack. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released)
Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp gently sets No. 2-4, a desert tortoise hatched nine years ago at the installation's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site, next to a burrow that biologists dug for her in the desert near her old home Sept. 30, 2015. She is one of first 35 tortoises released into the wild this year. (Official USMC photo by Kelly O'Sullivan/Released) - Combat Center Chief of Staff Col. James F. Harp gently sets No. 2-4, a desert tortoise hatched nine years ago at the installation's Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site, next to a burrow that biologists dug for her in the desert near her old home Sept. 30, 2015. She is one of first 35 tortoises released into the wild this year. (Official USMC photo by Kelly O'Sullivan/Released)