July 17, 2009
Contact: Gabriella B. Ferraro, 772-215-9459 or
Pat Behnke, 850-251-2130

•  More on Burmese Python Removal Program

Armed with snake hooks and nets, a group of reptile experts selected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to participate in the state's python permit program captured a 9-foot, 8-inch Burmese python.  The volunteer permit holders spotted the python in water underneath a boardwalk leading to a camp on a tree island. It was later e(...)

July 23, 2009
Contact: Patricia Behnke, 850-251-2130

Having the right information at the right time is the most critical element to sound decision-making, and it's no different for anyone trying to provide for wildlife conservation through land-use planning or land management. Anyone in the land-use planning and development industry can tell you that pulling together pertinent wildlife information can be a challenge.

Now the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in col(...)