A gopher tortoise is seen at San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park in Gainesville, Fla. Gopher tortoises that are threatened by loss of habitat and development should be placed on the endangered ...

Although gopher tortoises currently seem to be well-distributed throughout their range, there is a serious decline in their overall numbers and favored habitat. The gopher tortoise is considered ...

The result is that the gopher tortoise population has rebounded in those states, but not in Alabama. According to the Georgia DNR, the number of viable populations has grown from 36 in 2015 to 62 ...

A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be ...

Gopher tortoises were among more than 500 species listed in 2011 as possibly needing protection to settle lawsuits brought by two environmental nonprofits, Arizona-based Center for Biological ...

Will Indian River County let RSG of Vero Beach build Ridge Top neighborhood atop 600 gopher tortoise burrows in Wabasso?

Gopher tortoise burrow systems also return leached nutrients to the soil surface and shelter seeds from fires. The species requires large areas of interconnected, high-quality habitat patches in ...

The lawsuit pointed to issues such as development encroaching on gopher tortoise habitats and said the federal agency’s decision last year was “contrary to the best available science.” ...

The conservancy formed in early 2020 and purchased lots for Florida Scrub-Jay and gopher tortoise habitat and expanded its efforts into Sarasota, Charlotte and DeSoto counties.. The goal is to ...

Although the agency determined that gopher tortoises do not need additional federal protection, they are still protected by the state; and anyone proposing development on gopher tortoise habitat ...

GET IT ON G E T I T O N Concluding that the animals are “not in danger of extinction,” federal wildlife officials Tuesday rejected listing gopher tortoises in Florida as endangered or ...

The gopher tortoise is a threatened species in our state because they are losing their upland habitat. A new specialty plate supporting Florida’s gopher tortoise is now available for purchase ...