Gopher Tortoise Public Meeting December 13 2022-508 compliant.pdf

Gopher Tortoise Public Meeting December 13 2022_508 compliant.pdf
Gopher Tortoise Public Meeting December 13 2022_508 compliant.pdf7.66 MB

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Presentation - Gopher Tortoise Virtual Public Meeting

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Education
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A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Baileys Crossroads,VA
Species
A baby tortoise perches in grass and looks at the camera.

The gopher tortoise is a large, (shell 15 to 37 centimeters or 5.9 to 14.6 inches long) dark-brown to grayish-black terrestrial turtle with elephantine hind feet, shovel-like forefeet, and a gular projection beneath the head on the yellowish, hingeless plastron or undershell (Ernst and Barbour...

FWS Focus
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Kingdom
Animalia
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FWS and DOI Region(s)
Southeast