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The Florida Python Challenge ™ is an exciting conservation effort which helps protect the rare Everglades habitat and the animals that live there from these invasive, nonnative snakes. Learn more about opportunities to remove pythons year-round outside of …
Frequently Asked Questions - Florida Python Challenge
The Florida Python Challenge ™ is a ten-day competition encouraging participants to remove Burmese pythons from seven Commission-managed lands in south Florida.
How to Participate - Florida Python Challenge
The Florida Python Challenge™ is an effort to increase awareness about invasive species and the threats they pose to Florida’s ecology. The goal of the competition is to involve more people in Everglades conservation through invasive species removal.
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The Florida Python Challenge ™ will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 9, 2024, and continue through 5 p.m. on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Competitors will be able to remove Burmese pythons only from participating areas .
Florida Python Challenge™ Competition Rules
Florida Python Challenge ™ rules are designed to align with specific area regulations and to ensure the safety of each participant as well as the environmental resources of the participating public lands.
Florida Python Challenge™ Prizes
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District are pleased to announce cash prizes exclusive to the 2024 Florida Python Challenge™, courtesy of the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida. Thank you …
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Participants in the Florida Python Challenge ™ are encouraged to voluntarily submit datasheets for pythons that were observed but not captured. Official measurements on all Florida Python Challenge ™ pythons will be conducted by the University of Florida.
Florida Python Challenge™ Tool Kit
Check out information and tools you’ll need to successfully compete during the Florida Python Challenge ™: Read the Rules, take the Required Online Training and Register. Review specific area regulations and maps for the seven competition locations.
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You can participate in the Florida Python Challenge ™ as a Novice or Professional. Separate prizes are awarded for each category with special recognition and prizes given to veteran and active members of our US Armed Forces!
Newsroom - Florida Python Challenge
Learn more about pythons on our website MyFWC.com/Python. Get up-to-date info, photos and video on our social media accounts too! Florida Python Challenge™ Media Contact Information