USFWS. Total estimated acreage of protected gopher tortoise habitat (either by public ownership, by easement, or covered under a management plan that provides for the conservation of the gopher tortoise) EK – Egmont Key NWR totals 328 acres (fee title), but due to erosion, the island is estimated to be about 280 acres currently. The entire island is gopher tortoise habitat. An inholding within Egmont Key NWR of 6.54 acres is owned by Hillsborough County and leased to the Tampa Bay Pilots Association. This area is marked as private property with no public access. It is not under a gopher tortoise management plan, but the gopher tortoises are protected. OK – The 800 acres owned and managed by Okefenokee NWR reported in the past has been reduced to 470 acres based on suitable soil types used to fine tune survey transect locations. The 1900 acres of refuge owned lands managed by Forest Investment Associates through a long-time lease agreement has been reduced to 982 acres based on the evaluation of soil types. This land is under intensive silvicultural timber production.
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Sources: Candidate Conservation Agreement, Candidate Conservation Agreement