The Scoop
On January 17, 2012, we will kick off a 1000 mile expedition over a 100 day period to increase public awareness and generate support for the Florida Wildlife Corridor project.
Bear biologist Joe Guthrie, conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, and iLCP Fellow photographer, Carlton Ward Jr. will trek from the Everglades National Park toward Okefenokee National Forest in southern Georgia. The trio will traverse the wildlife habitats, watersheds and participating working farms and ranches, which comprise the Florida Wildlife Corridor opportunity area.
The team will document the corridor through photography, video streams, radio reports, daily updates on social media and digital networks, and a host of activities for reporters, landowners, celebrities, conservationists, politicians and other guests.
With the support of the iLCP and LightHawk, Carlton Ward Jr, documented the route from the air in a Tripods in the Sky mission. The critical aerial reconnaissance produced stunning photographs, illustrating wealth of this Wildlife Corridor.
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With the support of the iLCP and LightHawk, Carlton Ward Jr, documented the route from the air in a Tripods in the Sky mission. The critical aerial reconnaissance produced stunning photographs, illustrating wealth of this Wildlife Corridor.
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Ocala National Forest
Florida Wildlife Corridor opportunity area.
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Ocala National Forest abstract
Florida Wildlife Corridor opportunity area.
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Florida Black Bear
A male black bear exhales a breath into the cool night air.
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Tampa Bay Mangroves
Red mangroves stand in the intertidal waters above an oyster bed in eastern Tampa Bay. Their abundance indicates a healthy ecosystem with their characteristic crop roots providing shelter for numerous fish species.
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Cracker Cow
An emblem of the first cattle in North America, a "Cracker" cow stands above pasture at the Strickland Ranch in Manatee County. Its relatives arrived with Ponce de Leon in 1521 and had been propagating in the Florida wilderness for nearly 300 years when the first U.S. settlers arrived.
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Florida Gator
An alligator glides through the reflection of green cypress trees in a pond on Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County.
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Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition video reports produced by Elam Stotlzfus and Joe Davenport of Live Oak Production Group for WUSF-TV are made possible by our production sponsor Mosaic.
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Florida Wildlife Corridor introduction by Carlton Ward, conservation photographer and founding member of the expedition. For more info go to: http://www.FloridaWildlifeCorridor.org
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The Florida Wildlife Corridor project is a collaborative vision to connect remaining natural lands, waters, working farms and ranches from the Everglades to Georgia, protecting a functional ecological corridor for the health of people, wildlife and watersheds.
Florida Wildlife Corridor Goals:
- Protect and restore habitat and migration corridors essential for the survival of Florida’s diverse wildlife, including wide-ranging panthers, black bears and other native species
- Restore water flow to the Everglades and sustain water supply to southern Florida
- Continue to safeguard the St. Johns River and water supply for central and north Florida
- Sustain the food production, economies and cultural legacies of working ranches and farms within the corridor
- Bolster local economies through increased opportunities such as hunting, fishing, birdwatching and other forms of eco-tourism
- Give wildlife and plants room to adapt to a changing climate and sea level rise
