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USFWS news from around Florida.
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Endangered Species Act
![Snail crawling up a vertical rock face](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2019%2005-Noonday%20globe%20hunt%20Nantahala%20Gorge-Peeples-Noonday%20globe%201.jpg?h=790be497&itok=Lun64D1W)
Endangered Species Act
![Kevin Enge, left, FWC, and Travis Thomas, UF, right, pose while holding a large male Suwannee alligator snapping turtle with their boat and Suwannee River in the background. This is the 15th year the two men have been trapping and monitoring the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to conserve and protect them.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/images/2024-04/kevin-travis.jpg?h=c7444bf1&itok=y7wsBBiU)
Endangered Species Act
![Flowering bush with yellow flowers in the Florida scrub](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/20171205_151901.jpg?h=59e29f30&itok=hG6k2uaz)
Endangered Species Act
![Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/20171205_151901Todd%20Meckenborg%2C%20FWS.png?h=5d8d1d0b&itok=T03JTGQT)
Endangered Species Act
![Prescribed burn on island](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2024-02/pingpongfiring-from-boat.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=f7RhAnoj)
Land Management
![Panama City crayfish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/crayfish1.png?h=8e9b2d7d&itok=rYL8cTaM)
Wildlife Management
![manatees in pool with people](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-12/juliet%20in%20sling%20as%20clarity%20waits_usfws.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=DgesaO-k)
Endangered Species Act
Habitat Restoration
![Panama City crayfish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/panama-city-crayfish.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=E4fE63A3)
Habitat Restoration
![Group of manatees resting in the warm, clear, blue water of Three Sisters Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Manatee%20%281.28.2008%20-%20Alex%20Mustard%2C%209%29.jpg?h=0a2438d1&itok=NAsxizCB)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Bill Tate, wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service catches an Okaloosa darter in a stream on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-09/BillTate.jpg?h=7c0b4e94&itok=erukkiDq)
Endangered Species Act
![A pale coral-colored Miami cave crayfish faces the camera while underwater.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/mccAdamStern.jpg?h=7d90b34c&itok=avtrzV0X)
Endangered Species Act
![Freshwater mussel survey in southeast Georgia](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-08/ACF_Mussel_Workshop_surveying.jpg?h=61d6ec92&itok=7zHN8qKs)
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Science and Technology
![Green sea turtle, or honu, rests on the white sand of Midway Atoll, with clear waves in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/green%20sea%20turtle.jpg?h=d1a5a249&itok=zvo4Git2)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![Key deer doe and fawn](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Key%20deer%20doe%20and%20fawn%20K.Killam.jpg?h=c2d2cfd0&itok=vmvGzMPs)
Endangered Species Act
![An Okaloosa darter hovers in clear stream water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/OD%20from%20side1.jpg?h=dec26df6&itok=8j0YV64D)
Habitat Restoration
![An Okaloosa darter hovers in clear stream water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/OD%20from%20side1.jpg?h=dec26df6&itok=8j0YV64D)
Endangered Species Act
![Southern Elktoe from the Apalachicola River](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Southern%20Elktoe%20Alasmidonta%20triangulata%20Apalachicola%20R.%20%28Credit%20FWC%29.jpg?h=9d020480&itok=5i3hmWXe)
Endangered Species Act
![Southern Elktoe from the Apalachicola River](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Southern%20Elktoe%20Alasmidonta%20triangulata%20Apalachicola%20R.%20%28Credit%20FWC%29.jpg?h=9d020480&itok=5i3hmWXe)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A Miami tiger beetle stands on a rock.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-12/miami%20tiger%20beetle_FLFWC_jonathan%20mays.jpg?h=539e67e5&itok=H7izMa9g)
Endangered Species Act
![a manatee floating in a tank](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-05/Manatee%20in%20rehab%20SeaWorld%20Orlando%20Jan%202020%20IMG-7103%20T%20Calleson.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=e4kybp8c)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A parent wood stork, on the right, cares for three young nestlings, two to three weeks old.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/Parenting.jpg?h=cbe7f177&itok=rpIm7u2Q)
Endangered Species Act
![A parent wood stork, on the right, cares for three young nestlings, two to three weeks old.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/Parenting.jpg?h=cbe7f177&itok=rpIm7u2Q)
Endangered Species Act
![This closeup of a Florida bristle fern at Castellow Hammock Preserve shows its reproductive phase. The largest leaves on this tiny plant are the size of a penny.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Florida%20bristle%20fern_0.jpg?h=56b1f98d&itok=MpN4li5G)
Endangered Species Act
![This closeup of a Florida bristle fern at Castellow Hammock Preserve shows its reproductive phase. The largest leaves on this tiny plant are the size of a penny.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Florida%20bristle%20fern_0.jpg?h=56b1f98d&itok=MpN4li5G)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
![Bee on a branch full of purple and white flowers. Sparse green leaves radiate from the branch. Brown and beige background surrounds the branch.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/1-22-18%20ENP%20MH%20Florida%20Prairie%20Clover%2C%20Dalea%20%20floridana%20by%20S%20Kolterman.jpg?h=5729ea30&itok=nK1eZRZ0)
Endangered Species Act
![Big Pine partridge pea branch showing two yellow flowers and several green leaves. The flowers have five buttercup-like petals, with reddish-brown stamen.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Big%20Pine%20partrige%20pea%202%20%28Jennifer%20Possley%29.JPG.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=8YcDUHwI)
Endangered Species Act
![Bee on a branch full of purple and white flowers. Sparse green leaves radiate from the branch. Brown and beige background surrounds the branch.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/1-22-18%20ENP%20MH%20Florida%20Prairie%20Clover%2C%20Dalea%20%20floridana%20by%20S%20Kolterman.jpg?h=5729ea30&itok=nK1eZRZ0)
Endangered Species Act
![Big Pine partridge pea branch showing two yellow flowers and several green leaves. The flowers have five buttercup-like petals, with reddish-brown stamen.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Big%20Pine%20partrige%20pea%202%20%28Jennifer%20Possley%29.JPG.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=8YcDUHwI)
Endangered Species Act
Story
Endangered Species Act
![A small yellow turtle lies in the sand](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Baby-gopher-tortoise_Randy-Browning_USFWS.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=lXpD4d0o)
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Wildlife Management
Our People
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Migratory Species
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Endangered Species Act
![Sea turtle tracks made with their flippers](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-07/two%20crawls%201.jpg?h=6660d6c8&itok=hcAqNsFl)
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![A red-cockaded woodpecker perches on a tree cavity eating an insect.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-09/RCW.jpg?h=4362216e&itok=53gclyKk)
Endangered Species Act
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Endangered Species Act
![Snail crawling up a vertical rock face](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-08/2019%2005-Noonday%20globe%20hunt%20Nantahala%20Gorge-Peeples-Noonday%20globe%201.jpg?h=790be497&itok=Lun64D1W)
Endangered Species Act
![Image is a picture of Florida golden aster...](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/20171205_151901Todd%20Meckenborg%2C%20FWS.png?h=5d8d1d0b&itok=T03JTGQT)
Endangered Species Act
![Panama City crayfish](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-11/crayfish1.png?h=8e9b2d7d&itok=rYL8cTaM)
Wildlife Management
![Group of manatees resting in the warm, clear, blue water of Three Sisters Springs](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2021-11/Manatee%20%281.28.2008%20-%20Alex%20Mustard%2C%209%29.jpg?h=0a2438d1&itok=NAsxizCB)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A pale coral-colored Miami cave crayfish faces the camera while underwater.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-02/mccAdamStern.jpg?h=7d90b34c&itok=avtrzV0X)
Endangered Species Act
![Green sea turtle, or honu, rests on the white sand of Midway Atoll, with clear waves in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-07/green%20sea%20turtle.jpg?h=d1a5a249&itok=zvo4Git2)
Endangered Species Act
![An Okaloosa darter hovers in clear stream water.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-03/OD%20from%20side1.jpg?h=dec26df6&itok=8j0YV64D)
Endangered Species Act
![Southern Elktoe from the Apalachicola River](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-06/Southern%20Elktoe%20Alasmidonta%20triangulata%20Apalachicola%20R.%20%28Credit%20FWC%29.jpg?h=9d020480&itok=5i3hmWXe)
Endangered Species Act
![A Miami tiger beetle stands on a rock.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-12/miami%20tiger%20beetle_FLFWC_jonathan%20mays.jpg?h=539e67e5&itok=H7izMa9g)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
![A parent wood stork, on the right, cares for three young nestlings, two to three weeks old.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2023-01/Parenting.jpg?h=cbe7f177&itok=rpIm7u2Q)
Endangered Species Act
![This closeup of a Florida bristle fern at Castellow Hammock Preserve shows its reproductive phase. The largest leaves on this tiny plant are the size of a penny.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Florida%20bristle%20fern_0.jpg?h=56b1f98d&itok=MpN4li5G)
Endangered Species Act
Press Release
![Bee on a branch full of purple and white flowers. Sparse green leaves radiate from the branch. Brown and beige background surrounds the branch.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-10/1-22-18%20ENP%20MH%20Florida%20Prairie%20Clover%2C%20Dalea%20%20floridana%20by%20S%20Kolterman.jpg?h=5729ea30&itok=nK1eZRZ0)
Endangered Species Act
![Big Pine partridge pea branch showing two yellow flowers and several green leaves. The flowers have five buttercup-like petals, with reddish-brown stamen.](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-06/Big%20Pine%20partrige%20pea%202%20%28Jennifer%20Possley%29.JPG.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=8YcDUHwI)
Endangered Species Act
![A small yellow turtle lies in the sand](/sites/default/files/styles/summary_photo/public/2022-05/Baby-gopher-tortoise_Randy-Browning_USFWS.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=lXpD4d0o)
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Act