CBS
Miami, 2/2/17
TALLAHASSEE
(CBSMiami/NSF) — A pair of state legislators has asked lawmakers to approve
$600,000 over the next two years to fund a pilot program to hunt non-native
tegu lizards, lionfish and a number of types of snakes.
The House
proposal, filed this week by Rep. Halsey Beshears, adds lionfish to a separate Senate
measure filed in early January by Sen. Frank Artiles from Miami.
In
Beshears’ proposal, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission would be directed to work with the Department of Environmental
Protection on the program, which would involve contracting with hunting and
fishing teams to capture or destroy tegu lizards, which are native to Central
and South America, lionfish, green anaconda, and several python species.
The hunts
and fishing would occur in the Everglades and the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife
Management Area, along with other commission-managed areas where the species
have been reported. The commission would have to get permission from the
National Park Service for hunting and fishing teams in the Everglades National
Park.
A report
on the progress of the program would be due by January 1st, 2020.
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