The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida, twenty miles east of Naples, in the upper segment of the Fakahatchee Strand of the Big Cypress Swamp.
The Florida panther is an endangered subspecies of Puma con-color, and is the only breeding population east of the Mississippi river.

Panthers once roamed throughout the southeastern U.S., but today their range is limited to south Florida, less than 5% of what it once was. With an estimated population of only 120-160 panthers remaining in the wild, the Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals in the U.S.

Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge
c/o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
3860 Tollgate Boulevard Ste 300
Naples, FL 34114
Address: Immokalee, FL 34142
Phone: (239) 657-8001
Established: 1989

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The refuge is located in the core of occupied panther territory, and protection of this important area was needed to ensure that not only panthers and their habitat were protected, but also important wildlife corridors that connected adjacent private and public lands. In 1996, the refuge was expanded to 26,400 acres with the addition of more Collier family land through the Arizona-Florida Land Exchange Act of 1988. Today, in addition to the 5-11 Florida panthers that den, hunt and roam the refuge each month, numerous other wildlife also call the refuge home, including black bears, bobcats, white-tailed deer, Big Cypress fox squirrels, alligators and wood storks