Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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Sep 17, 2026
FrankHOST
I know that because of all the voting fraud.
FrankHOST
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, that is, a new satellite population has since emerged.
FrankHOST
Burmese pythons are now considered established in a portion of western Charlotte County, situated north of Naples and Fort Myers on Florida's Gulf Coast, a spokesperson told the FWC.
FrankHOST
And then they told ABC News.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
You've got all the fertilizer runoff coming down from Orlando area through the Kissimmee chain, which is what feeds our Lake Okeechobee.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
And then you've got the spraying done by FWC, which has gone spiraling out of control.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
So they're going and spraying all the vegetation, which is being grown by the pollution coming from Orlando area.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
it's growing the invasives much higher than normal.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
Snook and redfish are pinned to the, you know, for snook, it's spring, early, mid-summer, and then reds is obviously in the fall.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
And what I believe, along with some other area biologists I've been talking to, has caused our fallout is, first off, habitat loss.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
I've got some data here from FWC's records that in recorded history of seagrass meadow abundance in the Charlotte Harbor area, we have lost over 25 percent of what we started with when they started keeping records on seagrass meadows approximately 35 years ago.
Rhett MorrisGUEST
And it is the lowest level of seagrass abundance in Charlotte Harbor's recorded history.
TinoGUEST
a fact.
TinoGUEST
There was two years ago, I think, that I had signed up for a volunteer internship with FWC to monitor wildlife cameras.
TinoGUEST
To be like, oh, let's go ahead and see at this time.
TinoGUEST
It was activity.
ChuckeyHOST
Just because Gators have a number, now there's not going to be a number.
ChuckeyHOST
Do you know
TinoGUEST
how a majority of FWC's records for Bears come in? Sure, sure, sure, sure.
TinoGUEST
How? iNat.
Jessy WalesHOST
Yeah.
Wendy NokesGUEST
We share an office with the FWC folks, so any time they start getting really busy, we start also getting worried [laughs] that things might go sideways.
Wendy NokesGUEST
But we, you know, the dolphins are tough, and they've been holding their own.
Jessy WalesHOST
So you guys have been seeing, like, signs of recovery in recent years since that?
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Wendy NokesGUEST
And these aren't typically, you know, commercial fishery things.
Wendy NokesGUEST
These are people's fishing line that accidentally gets into the lagoon and, and causes the mortality of, of many, many animals, and so really if people could help, you know, with fishing line not getting into the lagoon or sponsoring cleanups for fishing line, I think that would really help dolphins out a lot.
Wendy NokesGUEST
For me, if, if they can keep eyes out for dolphins that might need help and call the FWC number.
Wendy NokesGUEST
That's the 1-888-404-3922.
Kenny HilderbrandtGUEST
We can't do anything about this.
Kenny HilderbrandtGUEST
And then that's kind of like they throw it off to the FWC and say, you know, go run with the guys.
Kenny HilderbrandtGUEST
Yeah.
Kenny HilderbrandtGUEST
Yeah.
Rick KilbyHOST
And
Kathy SilustriHOST
we are going to have the lovely and talented Ryan Worthington on the show to talk about how he made it on to the Florida government FWC watch list.
Kathy SilustriHOST
Anyway, thanks for listening, y'all.
Kathy SilustriHOST
And we will see you next time on the Florida Spectacular.
Ross PadgettHOST
More misery.
Ross PadgettHOST
U.S. Coast Guard crews and partner agencies, including the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, are continuing to search for the 48-year-old paddleboarder who was last seen about four miles off of Jupiter Beach.
Ross PadgettHOST
Matt Pawlowski was last seen on Monday about 9 a.m., heading east on a 14-foot lime green and yellow paddleboard.
Ross PadgettHOST
Deb makes this look so much easier than it
Ashley SmithHOST
And I am very happy to welcome my friend, George Worthen.
Ashley SmithHOST
George is the chief conservation officer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, as those of us...
Ashley SmithHOST
So George, why, why is it FWC, but there's actually a much longer [laughs] name? The acronym doesn't fit-
George WorthenGUEST
Yeah
Jim ColbertHOST
I'm not going to tell you, man.
Jim ColbertHOST
I don't know if it's FWC that maintains that in the oceans.
Jim ColbertHOST
I don't know how that works out there.
Jim ColbertHOST
Is that what it is? Yeah.
Jim ColbertHOST
No.
speaker_37AUDIENCE
Dudes are
Jim ColbertHOST
scared to death of FWC are violating those rules out there.
Ray TrendleyGUEST
Yeah.
Traci DeenGUEST
So they have some of the most perfectly managed ecosystems I've ever seen.
Traci DeenGUEST
They're also home to a handful of the most endangered birds, including the grasshopper sparrow, which is about this big, about a two-inch bird, of which there were only maybe 50 a few years ago, but because of partnerships with the Air Force, because of their land, our partners at Archibald Biological Station, FWC, we're seeing, and because of the ranches being conserved around the region, which is the work that we're doing, together with partners, we're seeing this bird's population growing again.
Traci DeenGUEST
They have endangered Florida scrub days on site.
Traci DeenGUEST
But yeah, their interest is military readiness.
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