WLRN 91.3 FM | By Jenny Staletovich Published January 14, 2021 at 6:00 AM EST On the edge of the Everglades, less than a couple thousand feet from a backdoor entrance to the national park, the Las Palmas neighborhood teeters like a forlorn scheme to conquer the marshes. Perfectly gridded lots are filled with heavy equipment, plant nurseries and a handful of houses. Goats and dogs wander fenced yards. And after a good rain,…
BY ADRIANA BRASILEIRO JULY 29, 2020 08:34 AM , UPDATED JULY 29, 2020 08:17 PM Florida’s fight against the invasive Burmese python has hit a new milestone: 5,000 snakes captured in the Everglades since wildlife managers started paying hunters to remove the destructive constrictors in 2017. The South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which manage the state’s python elimination programs, announced the achievement on Tuesday. “Another win…
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the opening of registration for the 2020 Python Challenge Python Bowl. The State of Florida has teamed up with the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee and other partners to support the Committee’s Ocean to Everglades (O2E) initiative. The Python Bowl will begin January 10th and members of the public will sign up for training, then compete to remove as many snakes as possible from the wild. The…
By Nicole Anderson, Airboating Magazine The shallow sheet water flows through the marshlands deep in the heart of the Everglades. Alligators appear just below the waterline waiting for their next meal. Snail kites, Blue Herons, and a menagerie of other birds flit hither and fro as an airboat roars across the water. True Gladesman understand what the heart of the Everglades looked like many years ago. Before the levy’s, before the…
Nov 21st, 2019 · by Katrina Elsken FORT MYERS — The tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow is the subject of a big debate. Is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service jeopardizing the health of Florida Bay to save 100 to 200 endangered birds? At the Nov. 14 meeting of the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Larry Williams of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
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By JENNY STALETOVICH A stand-off between Florida’s Indian tribes and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is threatening to derail work to restore more than a half million acres of swamps and marshes. On Tuesday, the Corps’ commander who oversees Everglades restoration announced that he was terminating the project, which would fix the plumbing on tribal land and part of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Col. Andrew Kelly said at a Washington…
https://www.foxnews.com/science/python-nest-eggs-florida-everglades-removed By Stephen Sorace | Fox News A female Burmese python that stretched 16 feet was found in the Florida Everglades over the weekend with its nest of nearly 50 eggs. Ron Bergeron, an Everglades conservationist, removed the 165-pound snake from its nest beneath a home in Possum Head Camp, about four miles south of Alligator Alley. Some eggs hatched as Bergeron inspected the nest. Brian Van Landingham and Frank Branca assisted in the capture and destruction of…
BY SCOTT MCDONALD ON 7/8/19 AT 7:07 PM EDT Newsweek A Florida man who goes by the name “Alligator Ron” captured a 16-foot-long python beneath a home in the Everglades on Sunday. The snake’s length is near the record size for a Burmese python caught earlier this year. Brian Van Landingham and Frank Branca were at Possum Head Camp, almost an hour west of Fort Lauderdale, when they first spotted the python. “Alligator Ron”…
A 16-foot Burmese python and over 50 eggs were removed from under a house in the Florida Everglades during the holiday weekend. The female python, weighing about 165 pounds, was removed by Ron Bergeron, an Everglades conservationist. The python was one foot away from becoming the largest on record. The python’s nest was lodged within the outdoor structure underneath a home. Some of the eggs hatched upon the conservationist’s arrival. Two men…
