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  • Captive Breeding Program Rescues Local Bird From Possible Extinction

    Courtesy FWC|Updated Aug 1, 2024

    In a feel-good success story about the rebound of one local native species, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and partners have released their 1,000th captive-bred Florida Grasshopper Sparrow. Florida Grasshopper Sparrows live only in central Florida's grasslands and are federally designated endangered. To preserve the species, the allied teams began a captive breeding program in 2015. According to Adrienne Fitzwilliam, assistant research scientist at the...