Register for FWC Python Challenge
Help conserve Florida’s unique Everglades ecosystem by signing up for the Python to remove the invasive Burmese pythons from public lands in south Florida.
Registration is open now for the competition online. The first 200 to register receive a free Python Challenge T-shirt.
Compete to see if you can harvest the longest or the most Burmese pythons and win grand prizes of $5,000 in the team category and $3,500 in the individual category.
“We are providing training opportunities to teach people how to properly identify and safely capture Burmese pythons in the wild,” said FWC Commissioner ‘Alligator Ron’ Bergeron. “Nonnative species are a problem for Florida, especially the one-of-a-kind Everglades ecosystem. The Python Challenge is empowering people to be part of the solution to this problem.”
To register for the competition, which begins at noon on Jan. 16, 2016, and ends at 7 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2016, you must first take required online training. There are also opportunities for in-person training that includes a hands-on component where you can practice handling and capturing pythons.
Anyone can sign up for training – whether or not they participate in the competition. Training focuses on identification, reporting and then safely and humanely capturing Burmese pythons.
For more information of to register visit: PythonChallenge.Org.