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Alexandria Gagne

May 22, 2017

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About This Project

The Gopher Tortoises of Cumberland Island - Is Beach Life All It's Cracked Up To Be?

Jacksonville University

An unstudied population of Gopher tortoises, a Threatened species, exists on Cumberland Island, Georgia USA. In the summer of 2016, I conducted a pilot survey on one large population on the Island. In 2017, the goal is to survey the remaining Island to determine the total population size & characteristics. Information on this keystone species must be known in order to effectively manage conservation areas vs. human use areas on the Island.