Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida

In Florida, the gopher tortoise is listed as threatened. Both thetortoise and its burrow are protected under state law. Gopher tortoisesmust be relocated before any land clearing or development takes place,and property owners must obtain permits from the Florida Fish &Wildlife conservation commission (fwc) before capturing and relocatingtortoises. The Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida is the recipientorganization for these mitigation permit fees and distributes them backto fwc upon request.

Florida youth conservation centers network - a program jointlysponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife conservation commission(fwc)and the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida leads the effort toreconnect Florida's children with traditional outdoor activities. Astatewide network of conservation centers, it is designed to encourageand empower kids to participate in traditional outdoorrecreation.experts teach them how to safely enjoy the outdoor heritagewe have worked so hard to maintain. The fyccn includes wild outdoorhubs offering deep-woods experiences that connect to near outdoorcenters offering experiences closest to children in their everyday lives.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife conservation commission (fwc) division ofhunting and game management's hunter safety and public shooting rangesection has such powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions as arenecessary to provide hunter safety training and certification whichnecessitates the development and management of public shooting rangesincluding the one at tenoroc Fish management area, triple n Wildlife management area, palm beach county and in bay county. The Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida manages the funds for those ranges.

Support to the Florida Fish and Wildlife conservation commission and other Fish and Wildlife conservation groups and associated projects.