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Friday, February 16, 2007 the Draft Gopher Tortoise Management Plan was released and is available for public comment at www.MyFWC.com.

The FWC has issued a call for interested persons to take a look at the Draft Gopher Tortoise Management Plan over the next 48 days and share their thoughts about how to make the plan better.

Written comments on the gopher tortoise management plan should be addressed to:

Gopher Tortoise Management Plan, 620 South Meridian Street, Mail Station 2A, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600, or submitted to the following email address: gt_plan@myFWC.com