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Environmentalists focused on the health of burrowing owls an gopher tortoises are worried cleanup efforts from Hurricane Ian are harming the protected species, but city officials say protections for the animals have been in place all along.
Passionate defenders of Cape Coral’s burrowing owls are livid now that tractors are clearing debris from Hurricane Ian out of the city’s canals and possibly crushing dozens of owl and gopher tortoise burrows.