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Nonnative Wildlife Public Workshops

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Iguana Technical Assistance Workshops

The FWC hosts Iguana Technical Assistance Public Workshops to help empower homeowners to manage this nonnative species on their own property. Learn how you can discourage iguanas from your property and about legal trapping and removal options and regulations pertaining to iguanas. Biologists will provide information and answer questions during these workshops.

For more information about the Iguana Technical Assistance Workshops, or to schedule a virtual or in-person workshop, please call the FWC's Exotic Species Hotline at at 888-Ive-Got1 (483-4681) or email Jan.Fore@MyFWC.com.

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Python Patrol Training

Python Patrol is a no-cost training program that aims to create a network of trained individuals throughout south Florida who know how to identify Burmese pythons, report sightings, and in some cases, capture and humanely kill the snakes. Two types of training workshops, Python Patrol and Reptile Identification, are offered throughout south and southwest Florida.

For more information on this program and upcoming trainings, visit the Python Patrol page!