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Bobcats delivering deathblows at a preserve near you
Panther and kittens spotted at Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest in Hendry County
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They drift through the swamps in the middle of the night like ghosts in a foggy dream.
Fierce predators that can take down prey much larger than themselves, bobcats are near the top of the food chain in a state that s known for large, deadly critters.
Smaller in stature that the state animal the Florida panther bobcats are found throughout the Sunshine State and fill an important ecological role by keeping small mammal numbers at a healthy level.
They drift through the swamps in the middle of the night like ghosts in a foggy dream.
Fierce predators that can take down prey much larger than themselves, bobcats are near the top of the food chain in a state that s known for large, deadly critters.
Smaller in stature that the state animal the Florida panther bobcats are found throughout the Sunshine State and fill an important ecological role by keeping small mammal numbers at a healthy level. Bobcats prey primarily on rodents, rabbits and birds and these prey items are often found in suburban and urban environments, said Michelle Kerr, with the Florida Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg. As long as there is adequate cover available, bobcats can live among people.
State water managers oppose legislation to expand basin boundary
State legislators are sponsoring bills to expand the authority overseeing water control structures in Collier County, but the state agency overseeing the governing board thinks it’s a bad idea.
State Sen. Ray Rodrigues (R-Estero) introduced a bill to expand the Big Cypress Basin’s governing board’s boundary into portions of southern Lee County by July 1, 2022. State Representative Adam Botana is sponsoring a similar bill in the House.
Rodrigues’ Senate bill went through an Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government meeting April 8 where South Florida Water Management District representative Phil Flood opposed the legislation.