[BwanaNdege]

But an official with an environmental group that had notified the government it would sue unless federal land managers sought to protect tortoises...

Center for Biological Diversity - meet the Staff

These are the folks that were pushing this event.

Looks like an even split between starry eyed co-eds who love cute & furry little bunnies & polar bears and a bunch of lawyers out to "make a difference.

Not a lot of "diversity" on their staff. Most appear to be the children of rich white honkies.

That's just my non-diverse, bigoted opinion.

[Ray76]

Good find.

Here’s their press release announcing their filing a notice of intent to sue the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Clark County, Nev.

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2012/desert-tortoise-04-30-2012.html

Here’s their reaction to the past few days:

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/gold-butte-roundup-04-12-2014.html