Failed Mitigation
We started with a modest grant in our Tennessee office in 2004 to follow up on a study of mitigation. We have since begun similar work and trained others in several states including Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Iowa and Minnesota. Our Yes Net Loss project involves examining permits ...
Wetlands Net Loss
State and federal agencies have been regulating the destruction of wetlands and streams under the concept of No Net Loss since the first Bush administration announced it in 1989. This means that permits to fill or alter public waterways are supposed to go through the hierarchy of ...
News Releases
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Scientific Fraud
According to one of its own scientists, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) knowingly uses flawed science in assessing the habitat and population of the endangered Florida panther. “I could no longer tolerate the scientific charade where agency officials pretended that the ...
Extinction via HCP
Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The Florida panther’s survival depends on the protection of remaining undeveloped lands throughout its habitat—including lands under federal, state, and private jurisdiction. But a large portion of remaining panther ...
Mounting Toll
Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission With the continued paving over of its dwindling habitat, the panther is falling prey to motor vehicles in alarming numbers. The below tally is from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, compiled from data collected by the Florida ...
