FILE PHOTO A Florida panther.

Don’t miss Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife’s first meeting of the season on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. The guest will be Amber Crooks of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, who will present a program about the endangered Florida panther. She will talk about a recent victory for the panthers and how the proposed toll roads will negatively impact the animal.

The meeting is open to the general public. If you would like to join, please email CCFW as soon as possible, as attendance is limited. Email address: CCFWOWL@gmail.com

Following the program, there will be a short business meeting. Learn what the CCFW volunteers are doing, and what you might do to help us protect and sustain Cape Coral’s precious wildlife.

To participate in the meeting, go to the Zoom website. At the top, in the middle is the tab: “Join a Meeting.” Input the meeting ID #830 9109 5991. For one tap mobile phone participation use 13017158592,,83091095991#. No password is needed to join. If you do not already have Zoom downloaded onto your computer, you will need to do so. Go to https://zoom.us/download.

The group’s next meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m., also via Zoom. Cape Coral City Council Candidates will be answering questions about the environment and wildlife preservation.

Also, if you’ve worked as a treasurer or in a bank, crunching numbers and recording them, the CCFW need you. The group’s treasurer is leaving in May. Contact Carl Veaux at cveaux@aol.com if you are interested.