The new $2.1 million Conservancy of Southwest Florida von Arx Wildlife Hospital will be the site of a ribbon-cutting later this month, celebrating completion of the structure. But at this point, Conservancy officials aren’t promising a date when they will be up and running in the new hospital, but hope to have it operational by [...]
Environmental groups have lost another round in their fight with federal wildlife officials over how to protect habitat for the endangered Florida panther.
In 2010, the Big Cypress Basin and its parent agency, the South Florida Water Management District, bought 5 acres in the City Gate Commerce Center, east of Collier Boulevard and north of Interstate 75.
Firefighters were working Sunday to contain a brush fire burning an exotic, invasive tree, producing heavy smoke southeast of Physicians Regional-Collier Boulevard.
The panther appeared to have died after being hit by a car about a week ago, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Its carcass was found on Alico Road, about 300 feet west of Airport Haul Road.
