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  1. #Florida's #WildlifeCorridor Is Turning Five!

    #LiveWildly Celebrates with a New Interactive Map Showing How Greater Conservation Inside the Corridor Can Bring Billions in Benefits

    Press Release • Jul 1, 2026

    Nearly half-a-million acres of the Corridor's lands and waters have been protected since 2021 - but much more is needed

    Excerpt: " 'The story of the Wildlife Corridor is still being written,' said Meredith Budd, Deputy Director of the Live Wildly Foundation. 'In just five years, the impact of the Corridor is already being felt by communities across Florida. But much more can - and must - be done to ensure future generations will continue to benefit from the Corridor's vibrant lands, waters and #wildlife.'

    "More than 8 million acres of 'opportunity areas' - healthy lands and waters threatened by #fragmentation and #UnsustainableDevelopment - lie within the #WildlifeCorridor. Through the interactive map, users can identify opportunity areas such as:

    - More than 2 million acres of land that recharge aquifers that store and filter water

    - Some 3.4 million acres of floodplains that absorb and slow the spread of flood waters, helping shield communities for disasters

    - 5 million acres of lakes, rivers and other surface water areas that support communities, wildlife, recreation and businesses

    - More than 5 million acres of farms, ranchlands, timberlands and other working lands.

    "Florida's Wildlife Corridor is a network of connected lands and waters that spans 18 million acres from the #Panhandle to the #Everglades. It supports 114,000 jobs and generates $30 billion in annual revenue through recreation, tourism, agriculture, forestry, and other industries. The Corridor also is home to nearly half of Florida's species - including #manatees, #GopherTortoise, #BurrowingOwl, and the #FloridaPanther."

    Read more:
    newswire.com/news/floridas-wil

    #SolarPunkSunday #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeConservation #HabitatConservation #PreserveNature

  2. Wildlife Art for Conservation | Florida Panther Mixed Media by Neisha Landers

    I used my signature “Ecological Fusion” style to literally paint the panther’s habitat inside its form. Within the silhouette of this majestic cat, you see the humid, vibrant life of the Florida wetlands—the swaying palms, the life-giving waterways, and the burst of native wildflowers.The background is washed in dreamlike, sunset hues of coral and violet, utilizing loose, impasto brushwork to create a sense of movement.

    – Neisha Landers

    Conservation & Stewardship

    Protecting the Florida panther requires a multi-agency approach involving government programs, non-profits, and private land initiatives. Given the panther’s status as a keystone species, these organizations focus heavily on habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors.

    ​Government Agencies & Programs

    #abstractRealism #art #artist #biodiversity #conservation #environment #Florida #FloridaPanther #nature #painting #wildlife
  3. Get some ‘Windshield Therapy’ with Southern writer Tom Poland

    If you need to escape life’s ills, put some glass in front of your eyes and forget your…
    #Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #AuntAnnie #Floridapanther #pokesalad
    europesays.com/poland/5705/

  4. Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish

    The honey-colored Florida panther inhabits the southwest corner of the state, mostly …
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Everglades #FishandWildlifeService #Florida #floridapanther #FloridaPantherNationalWildlifeRefuge #Nature #panther #Science #TrumpAdministration #U.S.FishandWildlife #U.S.FishandWildlifeService #usfishandwildlife
    newsbeep.com/us/516666/

  5. Officials stunned as trail camera captures large creature: ‘So important’

    A trail camera posted near a Florida interstate captured footage of an endangered predator tending to its young,…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Florida #floridapanther #Science #trailcamera #trailcameras #wildlifecrossings
    newsbeep.com/us/173236/

  6. Florida Panther Uses Wildlife Underpass to Move Kittens

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) shared trail-cam footage of a Florida panther using a wildlife underpass…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #floridapanther #Science #trailcamera #wildlifevideo
    newsbeep.com/us/88788/

  7. HT @UsagiTsukino

    #Indigenous and Green Groups Protest #ICE’s “#AlligatorAlcatraz” in the #Everglades

    Florida’s attorney general announced that construction of the jail in the #BigCypressNationalPreserve had begun.

    By Stephen Prager, June 30, 2025

    "Florida’s government has said the site will have no environmental impact. Last week, Uthmeier described the area as a barren swampland. He said the site 'presents an efficient, low-cost opportunity to build a temporary detention facility because you don’t need to invest that much in the perimeter. People get out, there’s not much waiting for ’em other than alligators and pythons,' he said in the video. 'Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.'

    "But local #indigenous leaders have said that’s not true. Saturday’s protest was led by #NativeAmerican groups, who say that the site will destroy their sacred homelands. According to The Associated Press, #BigCypress is home to 15 traditional #Miccosukee and #Seminole villages, as well as ceremonial and burial grounds and other gathering sites.

    " 'Rather than Miccosukee homelands being an uninhabited wasteland for alligators and pythons, as some have suggested, the Big Cypress is the Tribe’s traditional homelands. The landscape has protected the Miccosukee and Seminole people for generations,' Miccosukee Chairman Talbert Cypress wrote in a statement on social media last week.

    "#EnvironmentalGroups, meanwhile, have disputed the state’s claims that the site will have no environmental impact. On Friday, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, #FriendsOfTheEverglades, and #Earthjustice sued the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. They argued that the site was being constructed without any of the environmental reviews required by the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.

    " 'The site is more than 96% wetlands, surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve, and is habitat for the endangered #FloridaPanther and other iconic species. This scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the #Everglades #ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect,' said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.

    "Governor #RonDeSantis used emergency powers to fast track the proposal, which the Center for Biological Diversity says has left no room for #PublicInput or #EnvironmentalReview required by federal law.

    " 'This reckless attack on the Everglades — the lifeblood of Florida — risks polluting sensitive waters and turning more endangered Florida panthers into roadkill. It makes no sense to build what’s essentially a new development in the Everglades for any reason, but this reason is particularly despicable,' said Elise Bennett, Florida and Caribbean director and attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity."

    Read more:
    truthout.org/articles/indigeno

    #ACAB #ICESucks #ICEKidnapping #GatorGitmo #Fascism #Authoritarianism #DeSantisSucks

  8. #RonDeSantis wants to #destroy #Florida, presumably in a fit of #impotent #rage due to his miserable #failure in the #FascistGOP Presidential campaign.
    Now he wants to allow #GolfCourses and #Hotels in State #Parks, which will dump huge amounts of fertilizer runoff into protected estuaries.
    Say #Goodbye to #Manatees, the #FloridaScrubJay, and #FloridaPanther if #DeSantis gets his way in the 2 more years he has to take out his #humiliation on this state.

    #Floridians, contact your state legislators. Demand that they #ImpeachDeSantis now.

    tampabay.com/news/environment/

  9. The #mascot of the #Florida Institute of Technology, #FloridaTech, is #Panther Pete, a member of a subspecies of panthers in Florida.
    #FIT was established as a #university for #science and #engineering to provide educated workers for the newly-created NASA.

    Check out Florida Tech's website at fit.edu/

    Check out the #PhotographicArt by Heron and Fox at heronfox.pixels.com/

    Go Panthers!

    #FIT #PantherPete #statue #FloridaPanther #FloridaInstituteOfTechnology

  10. A federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) named Lucy at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo.
    photo © Joel Sartore 2023

    joelsartore.com/gallery/the-photo-ark/3/

    @photography
    #animals
    #FloridaPanther
    #JoelSartore
    #PhotoArk

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