{"id":27027,"date":"2025-06-04T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=27027"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T19:33:49","slug":"wildlife-groups-legal-challenge-feds-hanging-imperiled-sonoran-desert-tortoise-out-to-dry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wildlife-groups-legal-challenge-feds-hanging-imperiled-sonoran-desert-tortoise-out-to-dry\/","title":{"rendered":"Desaf\u00edo legal de grupos de vida silvestre: los federales cuelgan a una tortuga del desierto de Sonora en peligro de extinci\u00f3n para que se seque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy, los defensores de la vida silvestre <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025.06.04-Sonoran-Desert-Tortoise-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desafiado<\/a> El Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Estados Unidos (Servicio) en un tribunal federal por negar las protecciones de la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinci\u00f3n (ESA) para la tortuga del desierto de Sonora en 2022<i>.<\/i> El Consejo de la Tortuga del Desierto, la Sociedad Herpetol\u00f3gica de Tucson, el Proyecto de Cuencas Hidrogr\u00e1ficas Occidentales y WildEarth Guardians, representados por el Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, est\u00e1n impugnando la decisi\u00f3n del Servicio porque la agencia no tuvo en cuenta la mejor ciencia disponible, se bas\u00f3 en modelos de h\u00e1bitat y poblaci\u00f3n defectuosos y contradijo los hallazgos de 2010 a 2014 de que la tortuga necesitaba la protecci\u00f3n del ESA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa decisi\u00f3n del Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de denegar la protecci\u00f3n a la tortuga del desierto de Sonora, en peligro de extinci\u00f3n, fue err\u00f3nea desde el principio, ya que se bas\u00f3 en una estimaci\u00f3n poblacional puramente especulativa y excesivamente optimista\u201d, declar\u00f3 David Woodsmall, abogado del Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, que representa a los grupos. \u201cLa agencia tambi\u00e9n minimiz\u00f3 dr\u00e1sticamente los probables efectos futuros para la tortuga debido al aumento de la frecuencia y la severidad de las sequ\u00edas. Nos decepciona tener que presentar este caso, pero la agencia simplemente se niega a seguir la mejor informaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica disponible, como lo exige la ley\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa supervivencia a largo plazo de la tortuga del desierto de Sonora se ve gravemente amenazada por la creciente p\u00e9rdida de h\u00e1bitat debido al desarrollo y otros usos no mitigados, as\u00ed como por la creciente sequ\u00eda causada por el cambio clim\u00e1tico\u201d, declar\u00f3 Maggie Fusari, representante de la Sociedad Herpetol\u00f3gica de Tucson y del Consejo de la Tortuga del Desierto. \u201cCreemos que este declive debe detenerse mediante acciones conscientes, como brindar protecci\u00f3n federal a la tortuga del desierto de Sonora\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>En 2019, WildEarth Guardians y Western Watersheds, representados por el Western Environmental Law Center, impugnaron al Servicio por no considerar la evidencia cient\u00edfica sobre el cambio clim\u00e1tico y el pastoreo de ganado, entre otros factores, al negarse a incluir la especie en la lista. El Servicio accedi\u00f3 a reconsiderar la decisi\u00f3n. En 2022, el Servicio utiliz\u00f3 modelos de poblaci\u00f3n y h\u00e1bitat defectuosos para determinar que la especie no est\u00e1 en riesgo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLe hemos dado al gobierno todas las oportunidades para solucionar los problemas que identificamos en su decisi\u00f3n\u201d, declar\u00f3 Cyndi Tuell, directora del Proyecto de Cuencas Hidrogr\u00e1ficas Occidentales para Arizona y Nuevo M\u00e9xico. \u201cLa negativa de la agencia a reconocer la dr\u00e1stica disminuci\u00f3n de las poblaciones de tortugas y la falta de reclutamiento de ejemplares j\u00f3venes, as\u00ed como su decisi\u00f3n de ignorar las crecientes amenazas a las tortugas y su h\u00e1bitat derivadas de actividades como el pastoreo de ganado, es la definici\u00f3n de una decisi\u00f3n arbitraria y caprichosa. No podemos permitir que el Servicio condene a la tortuga a la extinci\u00f3n, por lo que, una vez m\u00e1s, volvemos a los tribunales\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa tortuga del desierto de Sonora se est\u00e1 viendo gravemente afectada por la crisis clim\u00e1tica y el da\u00f1o a su h\u00e1bitat causado por el pastoreo de ganado. Necesita desesperadamente protecci\u00f3n y un camino hacia la recuperaci\u00f3n\u201d, declar\u00f3 Chris Smith, director del programa de vida silvestre de WildEarth Guardians. \u201cTenemos la responsabilidad \u00e9tica de detener la extinci\u00f3n de las especies, y punto. El Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. debe defender su misi\u00f3n y los valores del p\u00fablico al proteger a este asombroso habitante del desierto\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La denuncia pide al tribunal que anule la decisi\u00f3n de la agencia y garantice el cumplimiento de la ESA.<\/p>\n<p>La tortuga del desierto de Sonora es una especie distinta de tortuga del desierto, distinta de la tortuga del desierto de Mojave. Las tortugas del desierto de Sonora se encuentran en h\u00e1bitats de matorral des\u00e9rtico en Arizona y M\u00e9xico, al este y al sur del r\u00edo Colorado. En 2010, en respuesta a una petici\u00f3n de los grupos para incluir la especie en la Lista de Conservaci\u00f3n de Especies Amenazadas (ESA), el Servicio consider\u00f3 que su inclusi\u00f3n estaba justificada, pero la incluy\u00f3 en la lista de especies candidatas, sin protecci\u00f3n, debido a sus mayores prioridades. En 2015, el Servicio revoc\u00f3 su decisi\u00f3n y determin\u00f3 que la especie no estaba justificada, bas\u00e1ndose principalmente en un acuerdo de conservaci\u00f3n de especies candidatas que no incluye compromisos vinculantes de las partes involucradas para tomar medidas de conservaci\u00f3n, ni requisitos regulatorios para la conservaci\u00f3n de la tortuga.<\/p>\n<p>La supervivencia a largo plazo de la tortuga del desierto de Sonora (<i>Gopherus morafkai<\/i>), en su h\u00e1bitat natural, es de vital importancia tanto para el Consejo de la Tortuga del Desierto como para la Sociedad Herpetol\u00f3gica de Tucson. Para este grupo herpetol\u00f3gico con sede en Tucson, promover la conservaci\u00f3n de los reptiles y anfibios de su regi\u00f3n es fundamental para sus esfuerzos de divulgaci\u00f3n, educaci\u00f3n y financiaci\u00f3n de la investigaci\u00f3n de campo local. Para el Consejo de la Tortuga del Desierto, la conservaci\u00f3n de la especie de tortuga del desierto ha sido fundamental para su misi\u00f3n durante 50 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>David Woodsmall, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 971-285-3632, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;:&#119;&#x6f;&#x6f;d&#115;&#x6d;a&#108;&#x6c;&#x40;w&#101;&#x73;t&#101;&#x72;&#x6e;&#108;&#97;&#x77;&#46;&#111;&#x72;&#x67;\">woodsmall@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maggie Fusari, Sociedad Herpetol\u00f3gica de Tucson, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x74;&#x75;&#x63;&#x73;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x68;&#x65;&#x72;&#x70;&#x73;&#x40;&#x67;&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;\">tucsonherps@gmail.com<\/a>y el Consejo de la Tortuga del Desierto, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#x69;n&#102;&#x6f;&#64;&#x64;&#101;&#x73;e&#x72;t&#116;&#x6f;&#114;&#x74;&#111;&#x69;&#115;&#x65;&#46;&#x6f;r&#103;\">info@deserttortoise.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cyndi Tuell, Proyecto de cuencas hidrogr\u00e1ficas occidentales, 520-272-2454, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;lt&#x6f;&#x3a;&#99;&#121;n&#x64;&#x69;&#64;&#119;e&#x73;&#x74;&#x65;&#114;nw&#x61;&#x74;&#101;&#114;s&#x68;&#x65;&#100;&#115;&#46;&#x6f;&#x72;&#103;\">cyndi@westernwatersheds.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Smith, Guardianes de la Tierra Salvaje, 505-395-6177, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;l&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#99;s&#x6d;&#x69;&#x74;&#104;&#64;&#x77;&#x69;&#x6c;&#100;e&#x61;&#x72;&#x74;&#104;g&#x75;&#x61;&#x72;&#100;i&#x61;&#x6e;&#x73;&#46;o&#x72;&#x67;\">csmith@wildearthguardians.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, wildlife advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in federal court for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise in 2022. The Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson Herpetological Society, Western Watersheds Project, and WildEarth Guardians, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, are challenging the Service\u2019s decision because the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wildlife groups\u2019 legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry - Western Environmental Law Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/wildlife-groups-legal-challenge-feds-hanging-imperiled-sonoran-desert-tortoise-out-to-dry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wildlife groups\u2019 legal challenge: Feds hanging imperiled Sonoran desert tortoise out to dry - Western Environmental Law Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today, wildlife advocates challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in federal court for denying Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for the Sonoran desert tortoise in 2022. 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