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US: Gopher tortoise not threatened over most of its range
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGopher tortoises — burrowers whose extensive homes shelter many other animals — are generally doing...
Saving Florida’s Gopher Tortoises: Group rescues reptiles from death by development
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThough gopher tortoises have persisted for millions of years, they now face a barrage of threats...
Georgia gopher tortoises skirt endangered status citing steady conservation
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeorgia's gopher tortoises – big, lumbering reptiles known for the burrows they dig in sandy soil –...
Gopher Tortoise Day: 9 ways to help protect the threatened species
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMonday is Gopher Tortoise Day. To celebrate, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...
Buried alive? Gopher tortoise burrows collapsed in Lehigh Acres; major work halted 30 days
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCollapsed burrows. Alarmed neighbors. Slow agency response. The destruction of a once-thriving...
Washed away: Devastation for Southwest Florida’s coastal gopher tortoises
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s devastation for Southwest Florida’s coastal gopher tortoises. Most of them that were living...
Conservation groups file lawsuit to protect gopher tortoises as endangered species
WJAX via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe lawsuit pointed to issues such as development encroaching on gopher tortoise habitats and said...
Federal wildlife reject increase to gopher tortoise protections
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConcluding that the animals are “not in danger of extinction,” federal wildlife officials Tuesday...
Torres: Gopher tortoise mishap teaches me something about the will to live
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 12 months agoOther than Gleason Park in Indian Harbor Beach, I don't see a lot of gopher tortoises where I live...
Gopher Tortoise deaths: FWC seeks answers after die-off at St. Pete nature preserve
WFLA via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe City of St. Petersburg notified the FWC in March after discovering more than a third of the...