Gopher tortoise news ...

Nancy Richie offers an excellent article on Marco Island's gopher tortoises here:

http://coastalbreezenews.com/2011/05/05/the-gopher-tortoise/

And here's a report from a few weeks' back on Marco Island Academy's request to relocate tortoises:

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011110415025

As soon as the FWC response to the request is made public, we'll report about it here on this blog.