Wow, just saw on the news the very lucky 75 pound Pepples the tortoise who was found fleeing the fire zone on his own. Fortunately rescued, be safe all you west coasters in the fire areas!
Hopefully, any wild California Desert Tortoises in the fire area will be deep in their burrows and not killed by the passing surface fires. I wonder if there will be enough vegetation left for them to eat when this is over. I'm sure that these horrible fires take a tragic toll on all wildlife in their paths. We will be traveling through the area of the Sand Canyon fire in a couple of weeks and will be saddened by what we see, however Mother Nature has her own way of revitalizing the path destroyed by fires. We humans are nature's prime enemy.