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	Comment on draft management plan for Miami blue butterfly.

It has been more than six years since the Commission approved the management plan for the emergency-listed, endangered Miami blue butterfly.  The 2003 plan has been revised, and the FWC is currently seeking public comment on the draft plan. 

Comments will be accepted until April 26 at 5 p.m. Please direct comments on the Miami Blue Butterfly Management Plan to:

Miami Blue Management Plan Revision
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
620 South Meridian Street, Mail Station 2A
Tallahassee, FL  32399-1600

Or e-mail to MBB@MyFWC.com. 

If all elements are in place, staff plans to bring the revised management plan to the Commission for approval at the June 2010 meeting.

• Revised Miami Blue Butterfly Management Plan (Draft) (1.31MB)

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s goal is to provide conservation for imperiled species through a comprehensive management system, including a listing process that requires a written conservation plan for all listed species.

A team of FWC employees has been working on draft rules to achieve this goal as well as identify species that need state intervention for survival. The draft rules link species protections to science, while using a balanced approach through collaboration and partnerships.

Staff are continuing to work with stakeholders and the public on the draft rules, and will present the draft rules to the Commission at a later date.

• Draft Rule Changes for Threatened Wildlife (255KB)

The FWC is currently evaluating how Florida manages and conserves imperiled species and specifically the way wildlife is listed as imperiled. Until new rules for imperiled species management are adopted by the Commission, petitions for listing species are not being accepted.

Below are species for which the FWC has received petitions since 1999. Please click the links below to find out more regarding the current status of each.

Completed Listing Actions

• Bald Eagle (received 2002) 
• Common Snook (received 1999)
• Flatwoods Salamander (received 1999)
• Red-cockaded Woodpecker (received 2001)
• Miami Blue Butterfly (received 2002)
• Gopher Tortoise (received 2002)
• Peregrine Falcon (received 1999)

Active Listing Actions

• Manatee (received 2001)
• Panama City Crayfish (received 2001 and second in 2003)

Pending Listing Actions

• Smooth billed Ani (Received 2005)

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