Under the Endangered Species Act, Federal agencies are required to consider potential impacts of their actions on listed species and critical habitat (including proposed). Critical habitat is currently designated or proposed for 10 of the 39 species that occur in the park, but well more than half of the park is currently designated as critical habitat for one or more listed species (Fig. Not all listed species have associated critical habitat. Two of these listed species, the Cape Sable seaside sparrow and the Florida leafwing butterfly only occur within Everglades National Park and the immediately adjacent lands.Īpproximately 180 plant and animal species that occur in EVER are also listed by the State of Florida as threatened, endangered, species of special concern, or commercially exploited (view state-listed animals).Ĭritical habitat is a legally designated area that is considered to be essential to the conservation of the federally listed species for which it is designated. Seven of these species are currently considered to be extirpated (no longer present) from the park. These species include plants (8), invertebrates (6), fish (3), reptiles (9), birds (10), and mammals (3). Thirty-nine native Florida species that may occur in Everglades National Park (EVER) are federally listed as threatened or endangered, or are candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (Table 1). Federally Listed Species and Critical Habitat in Everglades National Park
Darker shades areas indicate overlapping critical habitat areas. Areas within Everglades National Park that are designated as critical habitat for one or more federally listed species.
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