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Update on the Range-Wide Conservation Strategy for the Gopher Tortoise

Update on the Range-Wide Conservation Strategy for the Gopher Tortoise. Matt Hinderliter U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Finalized in May 2013 On the web: http://www.fws.gov/southeast/ candidateconservation/ pdf / FinalGopherTortoiseStrategy.pdf. Purpose

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Update on the Range-Wide Conservation Strategy for the Gopher Tortoise

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  1. Update on the Range-Wide Conservation Strategy for the Gopher Tortoise Matt Hinderliter U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  2. Finalized in May 2013 On the web: http://www.fws.gov/southeast/ candidateconservation/pdf/ FinalGopherTortoiseStrategy.pdf

  3. Purpose This document is meant to serve as a guide to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the six states in the gopher tortoise range, and many other public and private partners work together to proactively conserve the gopher tortoise.

  4. The Conservation Strategy is designed for partners to: 1. Collect and provide information needed to address the threats to the species 2. Outline the highest priority conservation actions for the gopher tortoise 3. Identify those agencies and organizations best suited to effectively undertake those efforts

  5. Many resources were utilized in building the conservation objectives and action items, including: • Gopher Tortoise Recovery Plan • 12-Month Finding on the Petition to List the Gopher Tortoise • Gopher Tortoise CCA • Florida Gopher Tortoise Management Plan • Gopher Tortoise Candidate Notices of Review • Input from webinars from • Fall of 2012

  6. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence

  7. Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters and status Threat Action Items

  8. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence

  9. Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Threat Action Items

  10. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence

  11. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence

  12. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence

  13. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence

  14. Conservation Objectives Objective 1: Determine population viability parameters Objective 2: Address the present and threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of gopher tortoise habitat Objective 3: Address issues related to overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes Objective 4: Investigate and mitigate disease and predation effects Objective 5: Investigate range-wide effective regulatory mechanisms Objective 6: Investigate other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence Beginning with the most recent CCA Annual Report, data from the signatories has been organized to fit this same structure

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