The current listing status of all of Florida's federal and state listed species is found in Florida's Endangered and Threatened Species List. While the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has primary responsibility for Florida species that are federally endangered or threatened, like the ...
Burmese pythons were added to Florida’sProhibitedspecies list. Learn more about therule changesfor this species. In addition, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) lists Burmese pythons as anInjurious Speciesunder the Lacey Act, preventing the importation of these constrictor snakes ...
The gopher tortoise is unique in that it is Federally listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act only in the portion of its range occurring west of the Mobile and Tombigbee Rivers in Alabama (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1987). The gopher tortoise has some form of state-level...
(panthers and bobcats). Florida panthers have been documented throughout much of the peninsula and even into Georgia. The core population, however, is found south of Lake Okeechobee. Panthers are listed as an Endangered Species under the Endangered Species Act and it is illegal to harm or ...
Conservation and Management The American crocodile is protected as a Threatened species by the Federal Endangered Species Act and as a Federally-designated Threatened species byFlorida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule. Federal Recovery Plan...
The West Indian manatee is protected as a threatened species by the Federal Endangered Species Act, by the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Florida Administrative Code - Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act (FMSA) (FAC 68C-22). The FMSA allows the State to set restrictions on boat speed...
The FWC does not license wildlife trappers. Wildlife trappers may voluntarilyregisterto have their name and contact information added to theWildlife Trapper List. Protected Fish and Wildlife FWC permits are required to remove anystate listed species. Protected fish and wildlife include endangered, threat...
The Florida scrub-jay is protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is also protected as a Threatened species by the Federal Endangered Species Act and as a Federally-designated Threatened species byFlorida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule. Prescribed burning is an essential ele...
Resource Protection This includes educating the public and enforcing state and federal fisheries and wildlife laws; protecting threatened and endangered species and habitats; managing captive and nonnative wildlife; investigating fish and wildlife crimes; and participating in youth projects to develop the ne...
(Trichechus manatus latirostris) is a native species found in many of Florida’s waterways. The Florida manatee population has grown to a minimum of8,350 animals todayand as a result, the species was reclassified from an endangered to a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species ...