Local fishing guides are catching lots of trout and redfish these days, but snook is off the menu for now.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

More than four thousand five hundred cold stunned sea turtles were rescued in Florida when prolonged freezing temperatures overtook the state earlier this month.  Now local wildlife experts are sending them back to the Gulf.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Area waterways are starting to warm up following the recent prolonged cold snap. That means manatees, which have been concentrated in warm water refuges will be spreading out to feeding areas. And boaters are urged to be on the lookout for the slow moving marine mammals. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Cold
weather is bad for crops, tourism and native wildlife.  But there’s a
plus side…some destructive exotic reptiles are dying as a result of the
prolonged cold snap.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more.

The extended cold weather is impacting wildlife around the state.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

An endangered leatherback sea turtle which stranded on a Lee County beach Tuesday remains in critical condition at Mote
Marine Laboratory in Sarasota.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

2009 has been a bad year for the Florida panther population with 14 deaths attributed to motor vehicle strikes.  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials are urging drivers to be vigilant.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.
 

Armed with binoculars, cameras and guidebooks, hundreds of Floridians are expected to take part in the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count.  WGCU's John Davis reports.

2009 may go down as the worst year on record for Florida Manatees.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

The
Sierra Club announced Thursday that it’s joining the Conservancy of
Southwest Florida in petitioning the federal government to impose
protections on critical habitat for the endangered Florida Panther. 
WGCU’s John Davis reports.