#pathofthepanther

#Repost @natgeotravel with @get_repost ・・・ Photo by @CarltonWard // Today is #EvergladesDay - an opportunity to celebrate America’s largest subtropical wilderness and the largest protected stretch of mangrove coastline in the Western Hemisphere. There are four million acres of contiguous public conservation lands in the Everglades of South Florida. My current #PathofthePanther project with @NatGeo is focusing on the story of the panther to inspire protection of the @fl_wildcorridor so we can sure that the Everglades doesn’t get cut off by development from the rest of America. Shot from a Cesna 177 airplane. Please follow @CarltonWard for more #Everglades #FloridaWild #KeepFLWild

@Regranned from @natgeotravel - Photo by @CarltonWard // A healthy male Florida panther walks through one of my camera traps at Babcock Ranch, an important part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor near Ft Myers. The panther population has rebounded from as few as 30 to nearly 200 today. The breeding population has been isolated to the southern tip of Florida since 1973. Without access to to their historic territory throughout Florida and the Southeast, panthers may never reach sustainable numbers. The good news is that a female panther was documented in the Northern Everglades last year for the first time in 43 years. This is a big step for the revival of the last big cat surviving in the eastern United States and an important opportunity for large landscape conservation. Please follow me @CarltonWard as I find l follow the #pathofthepanther through a storytelling grant from @natgeo. @fl_wildcorridor @ilcp_photographers @natgeocreative - #regrann (at Las Palmas Town Homes)

#Repost @natgeotravel (@get_repost) ・・・ Photo by @CarltonWard // Morning fog lights up with the sunrise over Telegraph Cypress Swamp, part of Babcock Ranch Preserve in southwest Florida. The property protects a mosaic of deep woods and working lands that is home the first female Florida panther documented north of the Caloosahatchee River since 1973. I captured this frame from a helicopter last week. Check out other views from the flight @carltonward. #pathofthepanther #loveFL #keepflwild @natgeocreative @fl_wildcorridor @ilcp_photographers (at Hammocks Lake)

#Repost @natgeotravel with @repostapp ・・・ Photo by @CarltonWard // A male Florida panther travels through an oak hammock at the edge of a cypress strand at Babcock Ranch State Preserve near Ft. Myers. The first female panther documented north of the Caloosahatchee River since 1973 was tracked to a nearby trail by state biologists in November 2016 giving new hope for the recovery of the species. I've written a two part blog on the subject, link in my bio. #pathofthepanther #floridawild #keepflwild @fl_wildcorridor @myfwc @freshfromflorida @usfws Please follow me @carltonward for more.