It’s Relocation, Relocation, Relocation for Florida’s Threatened Tortoises

It’s Relocation, Relocation, Relocation for Florida’s Threatened Tortoises
A Gopher tortoise makes itself at home at a Lyke's Brothers relocation site in Florida on Oct. 8, 2021. Jann Falkenstern/The Epoch Times
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With more than 900 people a day moving to Florida, developers and builders are scrambling for prime building land, ground that is likely already inhabited by a state native, the Gopher tortoise.

This burrowing turtle is a threatened species that likes flat pine woodlands and well-drained sandy soil.