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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Gopher Tortoise Program recognizes the critical role that private property owners play in conserving Florida's gopher tortoise and its burrow so that it will benefit many other species who use the tortoise's burrow for shelter, foraging, and as a nesting habitat.
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Thomco participates in the friendly yard program to increase awareness among the general public of the contribution private landowners can make to the conservation of gopher tortoises in the State of Florida.
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The Florida scrub-jay is the only species of bird that is endemic to Florida. Scrub-jays inhabit sand pine and xeric oak scrub, and scrubby flatwoods, which occur in some of the highest and driest areas of Florida – ancient sandy ridges that run down the middle of the state, old sand dunes along the coasts, and sandy deposits along rivers in the interior of the state.
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Burrowing owls inhabit open prairies in Florida that have very little understory (floor) vegetation. These areas include golf courses, airports, pastures, agriculture fields, and vacant lots. The drainage of wetlands, although detrimental to many organisms, increases the areas of habitat for the burrowing owl.