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Registration is open for the Florida 2021 Python Challenge
Submitted by: TBC Press
Posted on: 06/17/21
News # 14412
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Our native Florida wildlife get a fighting chance with each python removed from the Everglades, and every Floridian can sign up to join the fight to remove invasive pythons from the River of Grass.”
About invasive Burmese pythons
Burmese pythons are not native to Florida and negatively impact native species. They are found primarily in and around the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida where they prey on birds, mammals and other reptiles. A female Burmese python may lay 50 to 100 eggs at a time. Since 2019, more than 5,250 pythons have been removed from the state, and overall more than 13,000 Burmese pythons have been removed since 2000. For more information on Burmese pythons, visit MyFWC.com/Python.
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Registration is open for the Florida 2021 Python Challenge which will be held July 9-18, 2021.
Members of the public can take the online training and then compete to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the wild.
FWC has expanded access for python hunters to 134,000 acres of state parks and the Big Cypress National Preserve.
Visit FLPythonChallenge.org to register for the competition, take the online training, learn more about Burmese pythons and the unique Everglades ecosystem, and find resources for planning your trip to South Florida to participate in the Florida Python Challenge®.
