The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will seek endangered-species status for the ghost orchid, a swamp-dwelling, flowering plant found in Florida’s Hendry and Collier counties and in Cuba, the agency said Wednesday. “It is one of the most famous flowers in Florida, but its population has declined to fewer than 1,000 plants in the United […]
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Florida manatees will remain a threatened species, says federal wildlife officials
Florida manatees for decades were considered endangered species, which can receive more protections than threatened species.
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Wildlife advocates threaten lawsuit to get Florida manatees reclassified as an endangered species
The petition seeks to effectively reverse a 2017 decision that reclassified manatees from endangered to threatened.
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Environmental groups sue to get Florida’s gopher tortoises on the endangered species list
In a 113-page decision, the agency concluded that gopher tortoises in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and parts of Alabama were “not in danger of extinction.”
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Feds decline giving gopher tortoises endangered species protection
“This denial is a blow to the gopher tortoise and all the people who care deeply about this humble creature’s future, but we won’t give up.”
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Multiple conservation groups sue EPA over Florida’s record manatee deaths
The number of manatee deaths in Florida leaped to 1,101 last year, after averaging 625 the prior five years.
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Following record die-off, wildlife officials share unprecedented plan to feed Florida manatees
While federal officials have to share the scope of their feeding plan, they did remind the public that feeding wild manatees is illegal.