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It was a bittersweet parting for Assistant Professor of Biology Jeff Goessling, Ph.D.<\/a>, and his student workers as they released 98 young gopher tortoises back into their natural Alabama habitat on Aug. 29.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]The tiny reptiles had been harvested as eggs from burrows and then hatched and reared in the Eckerd College greenhouse for more than a year<\/a> as part of a Gopher Tortoise Head Start Program collaboration among Goessling\u2019s laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<\/a>, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources<\/a>, and the Birmingham Zoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is the culmination of several years of ongoing work and more than $210,000 in grants from the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries and the USFWS Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund over the past couple of years,\u201d Goessling says. \u201cIt has clearly involved many Eckerd students in growing the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goessling employed students year-round to care for the baby tortoises, monitor their growth and conduct various studies on the animals in preparation for the day they would return to the home they\u2019ve never known. Two Eckerd College graduates and alumni of Goessling\u2019s lab, Leandra Grantham \u201922 and Rachel Test \u201922, spent the summer monitoring the adult populations of gopher tortoises near Florala, Alabama, to prepare for the release of the young.<\/p>\n

Gabe Weikert, a sophomore biology<\/a> student from Westerville, Ohio, was given the awesome task of transporting the tiny animals six hours north in his car accompanied by Goessling.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”8861″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Sophomore Gabe Weikert (left) with Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Commissioner Chris Blankenship.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]It took five days of preparation\u2014tagging, drawing blood and measuring\u2014before hitting the road. 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Once they arrived, Goessling\u2019s team set out to dig burrows for each reptile and prepare for the big release event. Dignitaries from federal and state government included USFWS Southeast Region Director Leopoldo \u201cLeo\u201d Miranda-Castro, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Commissioner Chris Blankenship, and media from Outdoor Alabama<\/em> magazine<\/a>. Around 30 people got hands-on experience during the release as they deposited each numbered tortoise in a numbered burrow and reported back the location to Gabe, who maintained the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n

Once every baby was released in a burrow, the crowd dissipated, and Goessling\u2019s team began monitoring the tortoises\u2019 movements to make sure the release site was suitable. Gabe returned to Eckerd after five days, while Grantham and Test continue the work.<\/p>\n

Gabe admits his relief was tinged with sadness as he watched the tortoises he had seen hatch when he\u2019d first arrived at Eckerd start their new lives. The tortoises moved very little, some opting to dig new burrows near their manmade dwellings, and began integrating into the habitat.<\/p>\n

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