Florida bonneted bats have one of the smallest ranges of any bat species. They live only in South Florida — an area ... This week’s Fish and Wildlife Service proposal follows a lawsuit filed by the ...

A federal wildlife agency set aside a 13-county area at the tip of south Florida ... Center for Biological Diversity, one of several groups that petitioned the FWS to set aside habitat for the bat.

In response to a legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect 1.5 million acres as critical habitat for the Florida ...