Gopher Tortoise Contacts
For questions or general information about gopher tortoises, please contact your FWC regional office.
Regional Gopher Tortoise Permitting Contacts
Eric Seckinger
(850) 921-1029
Momoka Maeda
(561) 625-5122
Samantha Dupree
(352) 732-1225
Kelly O'Connor
(863) 648-3200
Momoka Maeda
(561) 625-5122
Tallahassee (statewide)
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Attn Gopher Tortoise Conservation Program
620 South Meridian Street (Mail Station 2A)
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600
For general questions about living with gopher tortoises and tortoises in urban areas, call Kearstin Hess, Assistant Gopher Tortoise Biologist at (850) 921-1030
For general questions related to gopher tortoise permitting, call Tara vonBodungen, Program Assistant at (850) 921-1031
Gopher Tortoise Program Administration
Deborah Burr, Gopher Tortoise Program Coordinator
(850) 921-1030
Assistant Gopher Tortoise Program Coordinator
Kate Gentry, PhD.
(850) 921-1028
Local Governments, Waif tortoises, and Interns
Alex Kalfin, Local Government, Waif Tortoise, and Intern Program Coordinator
(850) 921-1030
Monitoring and Mapping
Michelina Dziadzio, Gopher Tortoise GIS and Monitoring Coordinator
(850) 921-1030