NCH Community Discussion: Habitat

Come learn about the habitat that would be affected by the NCH in a 1-hr presentation by zoologist professor Marshall Topham, followed by a respectful, guided community discussion.

Marshall R. Topham received his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Utah University with a major in Zoology and minors in Botany and Chemistry.  He was recruited by the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, where he earned his Master of Science degree. His love for the desert and teaching brought him back to Southern Utah, where he completed a career as an educator. Retired now, he serves as an adjunct professor teaching Environmental Science at Utah Tech University. Marshall has been involved in the creation and implementation of the Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan from its inception nearly 30 years ago to the present. He has also served by invitation, on several community and state boards and planning committees, to include the Advisory Board for Southern Utah University Science Department.

The Red Cliffs NCA is a rare meeting point of the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Plateau, and the Great Basin, home to the threatened desert tortoise, a species found nowhere else on Earth.…