Crocodile Program

Project Animal(s) : Crocodile
Project Category : Reptiles
Project Region : North America
Project Type : Conservation
Project URL : http://www.nexteraenergy.com/sustainability/environment/wildlife.html#open
Project is timebound? : No

On the brink of extinction in the late 1970s due to habitat loss, the American crocodile has made a comeback in the habitat surrounding FPL’s Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. In the 1980s, FPL initiated a crocodile management program to benefit these ancient reptiles. Given the 5,900-acre, man-made cooling canal system at the plant offers ideal nesting conditions, the management program includes protecting these nesting areas, completing population surveys, conducting capture and spatial distribution surveys, and regulating plant activity at night and during nesting season.

Project Agency : NextEra Energy Resources-Wildlife

Project Agency Contact : http://www.nexteraenergy.com/home.html