Critical Wildlife Areas

Federal wildlife officials protected areas where bonneted bats now live. Advocates say protections should go further due to eventual migration caused by climate change.

“Florida bonneted bats desperately need critical habitat protection, and the Fish and Wildlife Service has excluded crucial areas threatened by development right now,” said attorney Ragan Whitlock with the Center for Biological Diversity.

Starting in the Panhandle, Florida wildlife officials are holding a few public workshops on the potential designations of Critical Wildlife areas. The…