RJ Bigham details how he and his wife Jessica created a sanctuary for dozens of turtles and tortoises in Coker, Alabama.

A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be part of a bigger pattern playing out across the state.

TortoiseLand is hosting an open house and an "Adopt A Tortoise" fundraiser at the Windsor Village-based rescue.