![]() Several decades passing with a once-common snake going unnoticed, it was theĬollaboration between organizations, federal authorities and the public that permitted The way for further successful programs for this snake in other regions. Programs that have had success with eastern indigo snakes and will undoubtably pave Alabama and Florida are the only two reintroduction Reintroduce 12 zoo-reared indigos into Florida’s Apalachicola Bluffs and ![]() However Zoo Atlanta, the Tampa Zoo andĬentral Florida Zoo have joined together with The Orianne Society to Other states have joined the programs with success as well. Reintroduce species following major preservation of the longleaf pine forests. The USDAįorest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Alabama Department ofĬonservation and Natural Resources implemented federal and state programs to Led to other programs weighing in support to conserve these snakes. Momentum gained from this successful reintroduction in Alabama’s Conecuh have The range of eastern indigo snakes today, shown in gray. Is not lost for the longleaf pine nor the eastern indigo snake. Piece of evidence that these programs’ strategies are effective, and that hope Series reintroductions that occurred from 2000-2010. Sub-adult eastern indigo was captured and confirmed to be an offspring of a No eastern indigo sightings since the 1950s, in January of 2020, a wild The Eastern Indigo Snake Reintroduction ProjectĬollaborated with private, public, state, and federal parties to preserve Nationalįorests such as Conecuh and reintegrate the eastern indigo. Parts of the longleaf pine to regenerate naturally while not posing risks to Strategies such as clear-cutting and controlled burns allow for Maintain healthy, high-quality habitat that can foster species such as theĮastern indigo. The Alabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit are managed carefully to Nature reserves that are protected by groups such as Yet these programs kept trying they called for public aid to ![]() Snakes were reintroduced via captive breeding programs across sites in Alabama.ĭespite this, eastern indigo were unable to reproduce in the wild due to poor This programĪimed to restock local snake populations by bringing adult snakes from zoos andįederal confiscations and breeding them on protected land. From 1976 through 1987 an indigo snake recovery program was held at theĪlabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at Auburn University. In Florida (Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve) where history is in the Programs have gained notoriety in Alabama (Conecuh National Forest) as well as The first entries into the Federal Endangered Species Act. Eastern Indigos were once a common sightĪcross Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, andįlorida, but in 1978 they were listed as federally threatened. USDA photo by Tim MersmannĮastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) is jet-black and glossy blue,Ī mild-mannered and non-venomous serpent. Adult eastern indigo snake on Conecuh National Forest.
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