/tags/wildlife-conservation wildlife conservation en-US WLRN Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:16:59 GMT /environment/2023-10-27/proposed-southwest-florida-wildlife-conservation-area-renamed-size-reduced The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has nearly halved the acreage involved in its plan to establish a large conservation area in Southwest Florida Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:16:59 GMT /environment/2023-10-27/proposed-southwest-florida-wildlife-conservation-area-renamed-size-reduced Tom Bayles /environment/2023-10-09/florida-wildlife-officials-delay-launch-of-new-guidelines-protecting-rare-beach-nesting-birds New state guidelines to protect endangered beach-nesting birds will not take effect until this time next year. Originally those guidelines. applauded by bird advocates. were slated to start last month, but The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission delayed its effective date. Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-10-09/florida-wildlife-officials-delay-launch-of-new-guidelines-protecting-rare-beach-nesting-birds Molly Duerig /environment/2023-10-02/proposed-conservation-florida-wildlife-corridor Federal money could be used to match or augment existing state dollars used to protect environmentally sensitive land, including that of the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:56:57 GMT /environment/2023-10-02/proposed-conservation-florida-wildlife-corridor Steve Newborn /environment/2023-09-26/american-pink-flamingo-conservation-florida-peaches Peaches the flamingo was found in deep water off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Now a pair of researchers is tracking the bright-pink bird to see if wild, breeding populations may return to Florida for the first time since they went locally extinct in the early 1900s. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:16:25 GMT /environment/2023-09-26/american-pink-flamingo-conservation-florida-peaches Julia Cooper /environment/2023-08-16/panthers-and-bats-and-bears-floridas-endangered-species-have-even-more-room-to-roam Floridians own rights to decide if 5,000 acres of farmland in southwest Florida will ever be developed as part of Rural and Family Lands Protection Program. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-08-16/panthers-and-bats-and-bears-floridas-endangered-species-have-even-more-room-to-roam Tom Bayles /environment/2023-04-20/bills-to-fully-fund-preservation-of-the-florida-wildlife-corridor-are-lagging The wildlife corridor would preserve land stretching from the Everglades to Georgia and Alabama, allowing wildlife to freely migrate. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-04-20/bills-to-fully-fund-preservation-of-the-florida-wildlife-corridor-are-lagging Steve Newborn /environment/2023-02-20/researchers-turn-to-possums-with-gps-collars-to-track-invasive-pythons Wildlife officials are using a new method to help control the explosive population growth of the invasive snake by tracking down their prey. Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-02-20/researchers-turn-to-possums-with-gps-collars-to-track-invasive-pythons Bill Kearney | Sun Sentinel /local-news/2022-12-21/elderly-woman-charged-over-mercy-killing-of-endangered-key-deer A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman has been charged in federal court with shooting one of the endangered Key deer unique to the Keys. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:08:24 GMT /local-news/2022-12-21/elderly-woman-charged-over-mercy-killing-of-endangered-key-deer Gwen Filosa /environment/2022-11-29/massive-numbers-new-gulf-oil-spill-study-finds-even-deadlier-impact-on-one-of-floridas-most-popular-fish Field research on the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill found that heart, vision and hearing damage caused to mahi mahi populations by even low amounts of oil can cut the chances of survival within a week to just half. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:48:10 GMT /environment/2022-11-29/massive-numbers-new-gulf-oil-spill-study-finds-even-deadlier-impact-on-one-of-floridas-most-popular-fish Jenny Staletovich /news/2022-08-08/an-island-in-the-galapagos-reintroduced-iguanas-after-nearly-200-years-of-extinction The Galápagos land iguana is back on Santiago Island. That's thanks to some help from a team of conservationists. Mon, 08 Aug 2022 16:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-08/an-island-in-the-galapagos-reintroduced-iguanas-after-nearly-200-years-of-extinction Dustin Jones