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November 14, 2007

Nov 14 - Gopher tortoise

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I was excited to see this gopher tortoise outside the library this morning. These turtles are listed as a threatened species in our county do to so much development in our area. The tortoises get buried alive in their burrows each time a new housing area or shopping center is built. From Florida Today' newspaper this week: Brevard County on Friday wrapped up one of its largest efforts to relocate gopher tortoises, a job required because state regulations no longer allow builders to bury them alive in exchange for preserving habitat somewhere else.
Including surveys that found almost 200 burrows on the 136-acre park site and a permit to move up to 100 tortoises to Pasco County, the work could cost up to $162,000.


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