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Tortoise Terrace

Building … “Tortoise Awareness” Through Public Education.

Providing …. Way-station for Adoptable Tortoises.

Creating …. An Opportunity to Engage Students & Teachers in the Process of Science Inquiry.

Tortoise Terrace is supported and maintained through a partnership
between California Turtle and Tortoise Club's High Desert Chapter
and the Lewis Center for Educational Research

Tortoise Terrace, Apple Valley, CA 92307
Viewing by appointment only - contact Dave Zantiny


Note How the Paddocks Terrace up. Each Paddock is About 15' by 22'

Our Largest Male Tortoise

Burrow Dug by the Large Male Tortoise

Burrows in Paddocks 2 and 3 Are Electronically Monitored for Air, Surface and
Subsurface Temperatures and for Relative Humidity in a Student Research Project

Front View of Paddocks (a)

Front View of Paddocks (b)
Visit our Contact CTTC High Desert Chapter page to obtain more information on our activities and the turtle and tortoise adoption program.


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