Volunteers will conduct road mortality surveys during active season along the highway where tortoise fencing is not present to determine higher priority areas where tortoise fencing will need to be installed. Volunteers will be looking for live desert tortoises, tortoise sign (burrows, scat) and road mortality. Incidental observations of ravens and other species will also be collected.

During less active season, volunteer conduct fence and culvert inspections. Volunteers may also perform minor repairs such as filling in small wash outs. Fence inspections help keep desert tortoises off the road when they emerge in the spring.

Volunteers should be physically capable to walk 1-4 miles. It is important to be prepared to be outside- closed- toe shoes, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, water, etc. Tortoise Group will provide safety vests. 

Road mortality surveys: Data is collected using the ROaDs App. You can take the first step by downloading it ahead of time:

https://tortoisegroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ROaDS_Public-Road-Warriors-App.pdf

Fence & Culvert Inspections: Data is collected using Google Forms on your cellphone. The Google Form will be emailed to you.

Volunteers will meet at the Big Brothers Big Sisters office located at: 624 S. 10th St. Las Vegas, NV 89101 to carpool out to the site for surveys. 

**Start time may vary depending on optimal desert tortoise activity temperatures for road mortality surveys.**