Chris Potin, a natural resource specialist at Camp Shelby, places gopher tortoises next to an active wild tortoise burrow at one of three release sites on the base. Gopher tortoises thrive in open canopied longleaf pine forests where a variety of herbaceous plants are available for them to eat. ( Army photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes)

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