South Florida Ecological Services Office
Vero Beach, Florida

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Revised Florida Panther Consultation Area
Florida Panther Consultation Key, (pdf document - 462KB) posted May 7, 2007

Supporting GIS shapefiles of the panther consultation key can be obtained at: http://www.fws.gov/filedownloads/ftp%5Fverobeach/

Guidelines for Living with Florida Panthers and the Interagency Florida Panther Response Plan
News Release, published May 25, 2006
Federal Register Notice, published May 25, 2006
Response Plan Environmental Assessment Fact Sheet, published May 25, 2006
Environmental Assessment Final Draft Panther Response Plan, published May 25, 2006
Environmental Assessment Appendix A - Fish and Wildlife Service, published May 25, 2006
Environmental Assessment Appendix A - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, published May 25, 2006
Environmental Assessment Appendix B, published May 25, 2006

Guide for Living with Florida Panthers (Pamphlet)
Guide for Living with Florida Panthers (2,819KB)

Florida Panther Recovery Plan
Federal Register Notice, published January 31, 2006
Recovery Plan, Technical Agency Draft, Third Revision (no figures), published January 31, 2006 (1,934 KB)
Recovery Plan, Technical Agency Draft, Third Revision (figures only), published January 31, 2006 (447 KB)

Florida Panther and the Prospects for Reintroduction in the Southeast
Florida Panther Reintroduction Fact Sheet (140 KB)

Florida Panther and the Genetic Restoration Program
Florida Panther Genetics Fact Sheet (144 KB)

Florida Panther Safety Tips
Florida Panther Safety Tips Fact Sheet (468 KB)

An Assessment of Habitat North of the Caloosahatchee River for Florida Panthers
Final Report (5.4 MB)

Florida Panther and the Information Quality Act (IQA) Challenge
Florida Panther IQA Fact Sheet (163 KB)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Actions Related to the Information Quality Act and Florida Panther
Service Clarifies Florida Panther Science (1,300 KB)

Contact Information:

For questions and information regarding development projects and panther consultations, please contact Allen Webb at 772/562-3909 x246.

For questions and information regarding the recovery and biology of Florida panthers, please contact Chris Belden at 772/562-3909 x237.