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"...Everything affecting the gopher tortoise's habitat affects the tortoise and ... eventually affects all other organisms in its ecosystem. Efforts to save the gopher tortoise are really a manifestation of our desire to preserve intact, significant pieces of the biosphere.
...We must preserve...the gopher tortoise and other species in similar predicaments, for if we do not, we lose a part of our humanity, a part of our habitat, and ultimately our world."
About me: The Gopher Tortoise Council (GTC) was formed in 1978 by a group of biologists and others concerned about the range-wide decline of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). The Council offers professional advice for management, conservation, and protection of gopher tortoises; encourages the study of the life history, ecology, and management of gopher tortoises and other upland species; conducts active public information and conservation education programs, and seeks effective protection of the gopher tortoise and other upland species throughout the southeastern United States.
The gopher tortoise is a species in decline and warrants additional protection rangewide on both a state and federal level. It is a species that lives a long life, reaches sexual maturity at over ten years of age, produces relatively small clutches, experiences low recruitment, and suffers from an upper respiratory tract disease, high levels of predation and loss of habitat. Severe losses in the western half of its range have resulted in the gopher tortoise being listed as Federally Threatened in Louisiana, Mississippi, and western Alabama.
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Who I'd like to meet: Anyone interested in the ecology and conservation of the gopher tortoise and its habitat.
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Just a little word to say hello. Hope you are fine my friend. It's summer here but I'm well, my mom takes care of me very well ! I can't wait till she has hollydays...
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Monsieur Rouffly from Nice in France (so excuse my bad english)
Yea! Just spent the week with Ray, passed the Certified Agent test.... there's so much to know and so much more we still don't know about our tortoises! Awww the wonders of science! What can I say, I love my job!!!!
Spring is here and so are the butterflies! This week I have a gallery of a particular group of butterflies called Brushfoots. Brushfoots are the most commonly known and encountered of the large colorful butterflies (excluding the swallowtails) found in Florida and the Americas. These include the monarchs, fritillaries, buckeyes, and the viceroy below (who has nearly identical markings as the toxic monarch butterfly) to keep it from being eaten by birds.... cool trick, huh? :-)
Click the butterfly below to see my gallery - and please let me know what you think! (for some reason it goes to the wrong page sometimes - if it does, you can easily find the butterflies :-) )
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hi my sweet friend I'm just here to say hello Hope you are fine my friend. have a great week end See you soon Monsieur Rouffly from Nice in France Ajouter des paillettes à tes photos
Please join us for the 32nd annual Herpetology Conference and 6th annual Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference to be held at the Paramount Plaza Hotel and Suites in Gainesville, Florida! March 28-29, 2009.
