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Florida has approximately 200 wildlife crossings across the state. The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) ESRI map shows bridges that wildlife are currently using to cross state roadways.
The Hobe Sound Nature Center is a private non-profit nature center that cooperates with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct environmental education and awareness programs about the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge. The center was founded in 1973 by and continues to receive major support from the Jupiter Island Garden Club.
Florida is home to some of the most travelled cities in the United States, ranking at #1 for domestic tourism and #2 for international tourists. [27] The greatest impact to the native wildlife are the roadways that connect Florida's cities to one another but can have an isolating effect on the animals that call the state home.
This map shows the United States Geological Survey's compartmentalized map of Water Conservation Areas 1, 2 and 3. The Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is a 145,188-acre (587.55 km 2) wildlife sanctuary [1] is located west of Boynton Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida. [2] It is also known as Water Conservation Area 1 ...
Twenty-four wildlife crossings (highway underpasses) and 12 bridges modified for wildlife have been constructed along a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 75 in Collier and Lee Counties in Florida . These crossings are specifically designed to target and protect the endangered Florida panther, a subspecies of cougar found in the Southeastern United ...
Ian Granström, a photographer from Southern Finland, captures intimate wildlife images of foxes, birds, elk, and much more. What seems to be done so effortlessly is, in reality, much more complex.
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, on the northern end of the island. The refuge was established for the protection of sea turtles. [8] Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Indian River Lagoon north of Windsor. [9] Pepper Park Beachside, is a St. Lucie County park on the southern end of North Hutchinson Island along A-1-A.
Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is a Florida State Park located on the north and south sides of the mouth of Tampa Bay.When the original cantilevered Sunshine Skyway Bridge, carrying I-275 (), partially collapsed in 1980, due to the collision of a freighter on one of its pilings, it was replaced by the current bridges.