Florida panthers reached a grim milestone this morning when state wildlife officials found the 15th wildcat killed by a vehicle collision in 2009. With the discovery on the Collier County side of Corkscrew Road, this year tied the 2007 record for the number of the endangered panthers killed by vehicles, state figures show.
Offshore anglers on Florida’s East Coast should make note of new regulations that cover one of the state’s most popular deep-water species, grouper. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently approved rules that encoruage anglers to help protect reef fish by promoting catch and release. Biologists say that anglers are catching too many gag, red and black grouper, and, [...]
Water quality samples taken Tuesday indicate medium concentrations of red tide about 20 miles south of Marco Island, according to a report from Collier County Pollution Control and Prevention Department.
Environmental groups are lining up to sue the federal government over protections for the endangered Florida panther. In two separate letters in the past week, the groups have given the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Interior Department 60 days to respond to the groups’ petitions to designate 3 million acres in South Florida [...]
Offshore anglers on Florida’s East Coast should make note of new regulations that cover one of the state’s most popular deep-water species, grouper. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently approved rules that encoruage anglers to help protect reef fish by promoting catch and release. Biologists say that anglers are catching too many gag, red and black grouper, and, [...]
