Georgia Department of Transportation. The Georgia Department of Transportation was created in 1972 by former Governor Xxxxx Xxxxxx. The Department plans, constructs, maintains and improves the state's roads and bridges; provides planning and financial support for other modes of transportation such as mass transit and airports; provides airport and air safety planning; and provides air travel to state departments. The Department owns and maintains thousands of acres of right-of-way and mitigation properties throughout Georgia. South of the Fall Line, many of these lands contain suitable habitat for the Gopher Tortoise. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Georgia Endangered Wildlife Act, the Department identifies suitable habitat, conducts surveys, assesses impacts, and coordinates mitigation efforts for the Gopher Tortoise on these lands.
Georgia Department of Transportation. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) provides a safe, seamless and sustainable transportation system that supports Georgia’s economy and is sensitive to its citizens and environment. South of the Fall Line, GDOT-owned right-of-way intersects suitable habitat for the Gopher Tortoise. The Department has established policies to monitor and protect Gopher Tortoise populations along Georgia’s roadways, at construction sites, and on mitigation sites. As a signatory to the Gopher Tortoise Candidate Conservation Agreement, the Department will: • Conduct annual presence/absence surveys along proposed project alignments prior to certifying any GDOT Project that would impact suitable habitat; • Provide xxxxxx location data to the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR); • Develop a standard protocol for relocating any Gopher Tortoise that may be impacted by a GDOT Project; • Partner with GDNR to assess habitat suitability on all GDOT-owned mitigation banks; • Partner with GDNR to monitor known populations on GDOT-owned mitigation banks; • Partner with GDNR to implement land management practices conducive to the creation or maintenance of suitable habitat on GDOT-owned mitigation banks, where feasible; • Promote awareness of the conservation status of the Gopher Tortoise; • Facilitate research on the effects of GDOT activities; and • Investigate the potential for conservation banking within the State of Georgia.
Georgia Department of Transportation. Georgia Department of Transportation assesses habitat and conducts presence/absence surveys for gopher tortoise within proposed project corridors across the species range in numerous counties. No tortoises have been relocated as a result of GDOT’s activities during the 2013-2015 fiscal calendar years. In 2013, GDOT designers and ecologists approved the Department’s first wildlife passage culvert designed specifically for gopher tortoise and the eastern Indigo snake, which was constructed in 2015 along State Route 135 in Xxxx Xxxxx County.
Georgia Department of Transportation. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption. This day of , 2013. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, XXXXX COUNTY, GEORGIA XXXX XXXX, CHAIRMAN ATTEST: XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX, CLERK
Georgia Department of Transportation. The Georgia Department of Transportation shall be contacted when production activity impacts their jurisdiction. Contact information is available at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/AboutGDOT/Districts.
Georgia Department of Transportation. In addition, copies of all notices regarding Disputes, and termination and default notices shall be delivered to the following person: Georgia Department of Transportation Office of General Counsel 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Telephone: (404) Facsimile: (404) E-mail:
