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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Gopher Tortoise
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The gopher tortoise is a large burrowing tortoise that occurs in upland pine forests of the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is one of five tortoise species native to North America and the only tortoise species east of the Mississippi River. The sex of individual tortoises can usually be determined by shell dimensions. A male tortoise has a greater degree of lower shell concavity, and a longer gular projection. However, the sex of tortoises at maturity size is difficult to determine (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1990).
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Projects
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Slow and Steady: Bog Turtles at Home on Private Lands
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As a result of the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund, agricultural landowners in New Jersey are changing management practices on their land to support the bog turtle, a species listed as threatened in the northern part of its range under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The beauty is, farmers aren’t just changing their practices because it’s good for the turtle; they are changing their practices because it’s good for business.
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News & Events
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A Collaborative Approach to Restore Bog Turtle Populations
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Like the bog turtle itself, bog turtle populations in North Carolina are very small. A collaborative effort between multiple conservation organizations hopes to change that by giving them a little help.
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Bog Turtle News
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10,000th Hellbender Released to the Wild
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The Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are celebrating a historic milestone in hellbender conservation in Missouri. As of August 2022, the total Saint Louis Zoo-raised endangered Ozark and eastern hellbenders released into the wild since 2008 now numbers over 10,000 individuals.
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Eastern Hellbender News
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USFWS Partners Program Celebrates Landowner's Conservation Success
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Farms provide a buffer between urban areas and also habitat for wildlife identified in the county’s Multiple Species Conservation Plan. The program compensates landowners for placing an easement on their property to conserve these areas.
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News & Events
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Wildlife & Environmental Contaminants Mapper
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The Wildlife & Environmental Contaminants Mapper displays the locations of over 100,000 samples from the "Environmental Contaminants Database Management System" (ECDMS) from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Click on sample collection locations to view the details about the samples, and download available results from laboratory tests performed.
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Apps, Maps, & Data
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Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC): project planning to streamline environmental review
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IPaC is a project planning tool from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that helps streamlines their environmental review process. It helps you 1) Explore species and habitat that may be impacted by your project, 2) Conduct a regulatory review, and 3) Build a biological assessment to help you avoid or minimize effects to species and habitat.
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Tools & Resources
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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fire Management
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The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has assumed a leadership role in the use of fire to maintain and support healthy ecosystems. The Service has traditionally led DOI agencies in using prescribed fire to reduce dangerously overgrown vegetation, known as "hazardous fuels," keeping lands in good condition while accomplishing the most with the least funding.
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Prescribed Burning
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Overview
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Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA)
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The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA) is an organization whose members are the state agencies with primary responsibility for management and protection of the fish and wildlife resources in 15 states, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. Member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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Organizations Search
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Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas
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The Northeast Conservation Planning Atlas is a science-based mapping platform that provides access to high-quality geospatial datasets, maps and information to facilitate partner-driven conservation from Maritime Canada to the Appalachians. Produced by the Conservation Biology Institute.
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