Reports, Plans and Suggested Reading

This annual report summarizes panther research and management activities for a fiscal year (1 July to 30 June).  The report includes information about radiocollared panthers, documented births and deaths and maps showing where panthers were tracked.

• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2022-23
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2021-22
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2020-21
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2019-20
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2018-19
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2017-18
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2016-17
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2015-16
• FWC Panther Research and Management Annual Report 2014-15

• Species Status Assessment for the Florida Panther Version 1

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and FWC developed a plan to respond to a variety of human-panther interactions.  You can find the plan below as well as annual reports on activities conducted by the interagency team in accordance with the Response Plan.

• Interagency Florida Panther Response Team Annual Report: 2023
• Interagency Florida Panther Response Team Annual Report: 2022
• Interagency Florida Panther Response Team Annual Report: 2021
• Interagency Florida Panther Response Team Annual Report: 2016-2017
• Interagency Florida Panther Response Team Annual Report: 2015-2016
• Interagency Florida Panther Response Team Annual Report: 2014-2015
• Interagency Florida Panther Response Plan 2008

• Florida Panther Recovery Plan – 3^rdrevision 2008
• Plan for Genetic Restoration 1994

• Central Florida Panther Study Final Report (Sept 2021)
• Central Florida Panther Study Interim Report (Sept 2020)

• Panther Research List of Publications - September 2016

• Determining the Size of the Florida Panther Population – February 2017

• FWC Panther Position Statement September 2015
• Panther Position Statement FAQ’s

FWC documents panther kittens north of the Caloosahatchee River

Alvarez, K.  Twilight of the panther.  1993.  Myakka River Publishing, Sarasota, Florida, USA.  501pp.

Busch, R.A.   The Cougar Almanac.  1996.  Lyons and Burford Publishers, New York, New York, USA.  144 pp.

Cory, C. B.  Hunting and fishing in Florida.  1896.  Arno Press, USA.  304pp.

Cougar Management Working Group.  2005.  Cougar management guidelines.  Wild Futures, Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA.  137pp.

Hornocker, M. and S. Negri (editors).  2010.  Cougar ecology and conservation.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA.  306pp.

Jenks, J.A. (editor).  2011.  Managing cougars in North America.  Berryman Institute Press, Logan, Utah, USA.  200pp.

Logan, K.A. and L.L. Sweanor.  2001.  Desert puma: evolutionary ecology and conservation of an enduring carnivore.  Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA.  463pp.

Maehr, D. S. 1997. The Florida panther: life and death of a vanishing carnivore. Island Press, Covelo, California, USA.  261pp.

Shaw, H.G.  Soul among lions.  1989.  Johnson Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado, USA.  140pp.

Young, S.P. and E.A. Goldman.  The puma: mysterious American cat.  1946.  The American Wildlife Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.  358pp.