I previously wrote about this problem here Why does Florida allow Burying Gopher Tortoises Alive???
 

Finally, faced with mounting public outrage, (I don't know if my blogging helped but it couldn't hurt) the state wildlife agency is considering changes to its long-standing policy of allowing developers to bury gopher tortoises alive when they build new houses, roads and schools.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has set up a team to look for ways to save tortoises from the bulldozers, as animal advocates press to end a practice that condemns thousands of them to lingering deaths.

The FWC has been making a number of REASONABLE decisions in the past couple of years. What's up with that? Rarely do any government agencies decisions make sense. Maybe we will have to have an investigation to find out how this as happened.

You can read this complete article here

and a related article here Biologists want to reclassify and protect gopher tortoise.