GTC 2024 Annual Meeting - Registration Is Open!
Join Us! Registration is now open, and we are accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations for the 46th Annual Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting.
The meeting is to be held in St. Petersburg, FL at Eckerd College from November 15-17th, 2024.
Click HERE to Register. More details on the agenda, lodging and submitting abstracts can be found HERE!
Meeting T-Shirts Now Available! Click HERE to choose from lots of great colors and styles.
Check out the 2023 Winter Edition of the GTC Newsletter
Click HERE for the latest news and announcements from the Gopher Tortoise Council, including:
- Letter from the Co-Chair
- GTC Announcements
- Highlights from the GTC 2023 Meeting
- GTC Letter to FWC Regarding Split Oak Forest
- J. Larry Landers Student Research Spotlight: Michael Brennan
- Article: Effects of New Land Management Regimes on Florida Scrub lizard Communities, Michael Brennan (Georgia Southern University)
- Recent Research:
- Gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) as microclimate engineers: Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity promotes near surface thermal options at burrow sites
- Black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) use of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in Buckingham, Florida
Reserve your Gopher Tortoise License Plate Today!
Do you have a Florida-registered vehicle? Do you or someone you know love gopher tortoises?
Click HERE to learn more about how to reserve your plate and support gopher tortoise habitat conservation, education, and research!
Gopher tortoise license plate design by artist Matt Patterson.