Deadline for Entries is June 30, Commission to Pick Winner

Residents of Clark County are invited to propose a name for a new female tortoise that will reside at the Clark County Government Center.  

The winner will receive a gift basket and be publicly recognized when a new habitat, for which county commissioners broke ground in May, is completed later this summer.

Commissioners will select the winning name based upon its suitability for a female desert tortoise.     

Entrants should submit their name, phone number and tortoise name suggestion to the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management front desk, located at 500 S. Grand Central Pkwy., 1st Floor, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106.  Entries may be mailed or delivered in person.

The new desert tortoise habitat will provide an area for people to view native wildlife in the heart of the Las Vegas Valley.  Many people are not able to visit the wilderness areas of Southern Nevada, and having a nearby habitat will allow them to view native wildlife up close and learn more about the Mojave Desert environment.   

Just as “Mojave Max,” the famous Clark County tortoise, was named through a community contest in 1995, this tortoise will also receive its name from someone in the community. 

All residents of Clark County are eligible to participate.  Entries must be received by June 30.  A link to information about the contest is available on the home page of the county website at www.accessclarkcounty.com.