The Following information can be found at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at: http://www.floridaconservation.org/pubs/endanger.html.   We invite our viewers to become familiar with the many species that are currently threatened and or on the Endangered Species list.

This document consolidates the state and federal official lists of endangered species, threatened species, and other species categorized in some way by the respective jurisdictional agencies as meriting special protection or consideration. The state lists of animals are maintained by the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission and categorized as endangered, threatened and of special concern, and constitute Rules 39-27.003, 39-27.004 and 39-27.005, respectively, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). The state lists of plants are categorized into endangered, threatened and commercially exploited, and are administered and maintained by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services via Chapter 5B-40, F.A.C. The federal lists of animals and plants are administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and categorized into endangered and threatened, and are published in 50 CFR 17 (animals) and 50 CFR 23 (plants). The abbreviations used in part one are:

• GFC = Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
• FDA = Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• FWS = United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• E = Endangered
• T = Threatened
• T(S/A) = Threatened/Similarity of Appearance
• T(E/P) = Threatened/Experimental Population
• SSC = Species of Special Concern
• C = Commercially Exploited