Author: Florida. Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Closing the Gaps in Florida's Wildlife Habitat Conservation System
Author: Florida. Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Improving the Regulatory Process in Southwest Florida, Lee and Collier Counties, Florida
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Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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The Florida Panther
Author: David Maehr
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597268593
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 283
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When the first field study of the Florida panther took place in 1973, so little was known about the animal that many scientists believed it was already extinct. During more extensive research conducted from 1981 to 1986, panthers were proven to exist, but the handful of senile, anemic, and parasite-infested specimens that were captured indicated a grim future. During those early years a remarkably enduring image of the panther was born, and despite voluminous data gathered over the next decade that showed the panther to be healthy, long-lived, and reproducing, that earlier image has yet to be dispelled. For nine years, biologist David S. Maehr served as project leader of the Florida Panther Study Project, helping to gather much of the later, surprisingly positive data. In The Florida Panther, he presents the first detailed portrait of the animal -- its biology, natural history, and current status -- and a realistic assessment of its prospects for survival. Maehr also provides an intriguing look at the life and work of a field biologist: how captures are made, the intricacies of radio-telemetry tracking, the roles of various team members. He describes the devastating intrusion of politics into scientific work, as he discusses the widespread problems caused by the failure of remote and ill-informed managers to provide needed support and to communicate effectively to the public the goals and accomplishments of the scientists. He examines controversial efforts to establish a captive breeding program and to manipulate the Florida panther's genetic stock with the introduction of relatives from west Texas. Protection of high-quality habitat, much of it in the hands of private landowners, is the key to the long-term survival of the Florida panther. Unless agency decisionmakers and the public are aware of the panther's true situation, little can be done to save it. This book will play a vital role in correcting widespread misconceptions about the panther's current condition and threats to its survival.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597268593
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
When the first field study of the Florida panther took place in 1973, so little was known about the animal that many scientists believed it was already extinct. During more extensive research conducted from 1981 to 1986, panthers were proven to exist, but the handful of senile, anemic, and parasite-infested specimens that were captured indicated a grim future. During those early years a remarkably enduring image of the panther was born, and despite voluminous data gathered over the next decade that showed the panther to be healthy, long-lived, and reproducing, that earlier image has yet to be dispelled. For nine years, biologist David S. Maehr served as project leader of the Florida Panther Study Project, helping to gather much of the later, surprisingly positive data. In The Florida Panther, he presents the first detailed portrait of the animal -- its biology, natural history, and current status -- and a realistic assessment of its prospects for survival. Maehr also provides an intriguing look at the life and work of a field biologist: how captures are made, the intricacies of radio-telemetry tracking, the roles of various team members. He describes the devastating intrusion of politics into scientific work, as he discusses the widespread problems caused by the failure of remote and ill-informed managers to provide needed support and to communicate effectively to the public the goals and accomplishments of the scientists. He examines controversial efforts to establish a captive breeding program and to manipulate the Florida panther's genetic stock with the introduction of relatives from west Texas. Protection of high-quality habitat, much of it in the hands of private landowners, is the key to the long-term survival of the Florida panther. Unless agency decisionmakers and the public are aware of the panther's true situation, little can be done to save it. This book will play a vital role in correcting widespread misconceptions about the panther's current condition and threats to its survival.
Highways and Movement of Wildlife
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Category : Roadkill
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Category : Roadkill
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Broward County Water Preserve Areas Project
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 1594
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Central and Southern Florida Project, Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir Project
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
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Central and Southern Florida Project, Broward County Water Preserve Area, Project Implementation Report
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement: Chapters 1 through 9
Author: United States. Department of the Air Force
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 866
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Conservation on Working Lands for the New Federal Farm Bill
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Category : Agricultural laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2001: Oversight hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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