Climate Change
Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish
Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the habitat of the panther, the official state animal.
The honey-colored Florida panther inhabits the southwest corner of the state, mostly occupying a remote swath of cypress swamps, sawgrass prairies and other natural and agricultural lands that constitute less than 5 percent of the large feline’s historic range.
Amid Cuts to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Species Like the Florida Panther Languish