Keeping Florida wild: With the population in Florida rising by more than a thousand people a day, the delicate balance of ecosystems, the animals that inhabit them (pictured above, a bobcat triggers a camera trap on the newly protected Hendrie Ranch), and even humans’ quality of life grow increasingly at risk. State officials and conservationists have been working to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a green network of open spaces stretching through the state.
“We need to accelerate the pace of conservation to a rate of 10,000 acres per month to keep up with development and ensure the Corridor is connected,” says Tori Linder, managing director with Path of the Panther, an organization supported by the National Geographic Society. Such a rate is possible, Nat Geo reports.
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