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A Florida to Georgia superhighway for animals: Ranchers, enviros envision green corridor
The Florida Wildlife Corridor is a program that targets 18 million acres for conservation, easement protection for wildlife ...
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Planned roads could imperil Florida's panthers—and last remaining wilderness
In November 2016, biologists from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spotted a female Florida panther here, and allowed photographer Carlton Ward Jr. to set up a camera trap in ...
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Florida’s Panther Is Fighting to Survive
The Florida panther has made a remarkable recovery from near-extinction, but new challenges threaten its future once again.
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4 Florida Panthers killed by cars within a week
One of the panthers was 8-10 months old, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The spate of deaths started May 1, when a 1-year-old Florida panther was found dead on ...
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Plans for a Polk County tollway threaten the last wild population of a Florida native plant
Rapid growth in Florida's Heartland weighs heavily on aging infrastructure. Paving new roads harms already imperiled ...
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Four endangered predators found dead within one week in Florida. Here’s why
One of the panthers was 8-10 months old, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The spate of deaths started May 1, when a 1-year-old Florida panther was found dead on ...
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Florida Wildlife Corridor provides panthers and black bears a literal path for survival
Florida panthers were once distributed throughout ... The Florida Wildlife Corridor was built on conservation efforts that date back to the 1980s and 1990s, when researchers from the University ...
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Critically endangered Florida Panther killed by vehicle in Collier County
A critically endangered Florida Panther has been killed by a vehicle in Collier County, marking the sixth death of 2025. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission‘s ...
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A mysterious neurological disease is afflicting endangered Florida panthers
What’s causing the disease is unknown, says Darrell Land, panther team leader for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “There’s no smoking gun yet. That’s a little bit ...
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1-year-old endangered Florida predator killed by a vehicle when crossing road
Four out of the six endangered Florida panthers that have died in 2025 were under the age of 2, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The young male was found dead ...
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Vehicle claims 2 endangered Florida panthers; 4 deaths reported in one week span
four critically endangered Florida panthers have been killed, all by vehicles. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission‘s Panther Pulse website, a 2-to-3-year-old ...
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Florida panthers and black bears need a literal path for survival – here’s how the Florida Wildlife Corridor provides it in one of the fastest-growing US states
Florida panthers were once distributed throughout ... They are either local, state, regional or federal public conservation lands or they are private conservation easements. These easements ...