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Florida panther recovery plan.
The
objective of the Recovery Plan is "to prevent the extinction and to re-establish viable
populations of the Florida panther in as much of the former range as feasible."
Beginning of radiotelemetry investigations of panthers in Fakahatchee Strand
State Preserve.
The
state's schoolchildren choose the Florida panther as the official state animal.
Florida
legislature passes the Florida Panther Bill establishing the Panther Research and Management Trust Fund.Florida Panther Technical Advisory Council established by the state legislature to advise the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.
Speed
limits reduced to 45 mph at night on SR 84 and SR 29. Predator-prey studies begun to gather information on the relationship between panthers and deer herds in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
Florida Panther Interagency Committee established (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, National Park Service, and Florida Department of Environmental Protection).
Conversion
of Alligator Alley to Interstate 75 begun, with wildlife
underpasses included in the highway design.
Addition to Big Cypress National Preserve authorized.
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Above: Controlled burn, one of the techniques used to increase forage for deer in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.
Florida Panther Viability Analysis and Species Survival Plan prepared by the Captive Breeding Specialist Group predicts that the Florida panther population will decline by 6-10 percent each year, and that each generation will experience a 3-7 percent loss of genetic diversity. Management intervention would be necessary.
The Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW Trust), comprised of local, state, and federal government representatives, and agriculture, conservation, and business interests, is formed to protect 56,000 acres in southeast Lee and northwest Collier counties.
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