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How a landmark bill and a tiny patch of land could save Florida’s panthers

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BBeyond the dirt roads and swamps of the Florida Everglades lies a narrow, unremarkable strip of land that has taken on outsized importance in the battle to save the state’s critically endangered panthers. Just 11 miles (18 km) long and a mile wide, Chaparral Slough occupies a forgotten corner of southwest Florida, where cattle roam, …

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Florida’s alarming manatee death toll prompts claims for endangered species status

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The death of nearly 2,000 manatees in Florida’s coastal and inland waterways over the past two years has prompted an alliance of environmental groups to demand an urgent reclassification of the species as an officially endangered species. Advocates, led by the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, insist the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) made …

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