The Nature Conservancy and Partners Release 42 Federally Threatened Eastern Indigo Snakes at North Florida Preserve
Collaborative efforts help return America's longest snake to its natural habitat.
Today, for the ninth consecutive year, The Nature Conservancy’s Center for Conservation Initiatives (TNC CCI) and partners released eastern indigo snakes at TNC’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP). The collaborative program aims to return the native, non-venomous apex predator to the region by releasing two-year old snakes to the north Florida preserve’s restored sandhill habitats. In total, the program has reintroduced 209 total eastern indigo snakes to ABRP. This year’s batch of released snakes are the most that TNC and partners have released at one time. The 42 snakes—22 female and 20 male—were bred and hatched by the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens’ Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation (OCIC) where they spend their first year of life, then raised for an additional year at Welaka National Fish Hatchery...
Read more: https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/43-eastern-indigo-snakes-released-at-tnc-preserve
