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| | Complete Gopher Tortoise Agent Services Available Statewide. | |
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Gopher Tortoise Services, Inc. offers complete gopher tortoise survey and relocation services. We are committed to ensuring our clients receive the most thorough, professional cost effective gopher tortoise services as possible to protect gopher tortoises and commensal species throughout Florida!
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is one of several protected species commonly encountered during land development.
In September 2007 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) up-listed the gopher tortoise to a state threatened species and state regulations regarding gopher tortoises changed. As part of this uplisting, the FWC approved a gopher tortoise management plan that requires the relocation of gopher tortoises to protected lands by certified individuals. These individuals (gopher tortoise agents) must be certified to conduct tortoise surveys and vegetation assessments, complete permit applications for relocations and recipient sites, relocate tortoises by hand capture, backhoe excavation, trapping, or modified pulling rods, perform transport mark and release of tortoises or collect blood samples | |
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| | We have qualified certified agents and offer full-service solutions for all your gopher tortoise permitting and relocation needs. | |
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| | Gopher Tortoise Permitting & Relocation | |
| | Whether your project requires a 10 or fewer burrow permit, conservation permit, temporary exclusion permit, or even if you are considering creating a gopher tortoise conservation bank we can serve all your relocation needs. | |
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| | Gopher Tortoise Services We Provide Statewide Include- | |
