The documentary is about the Florida Wildlife Corridor, a large swath of protected land that is crucial to the survival of Florida animals threatened by development.
and other Florida animals threatened byWildlife corridors, or pathways that allow wildlife to move through areas without having to cross highways or navigate development, are, according to Ward, essential to protect species that roam large areas of land.Since the 1970s, when the Florida panther was first listed, its population has rebounded from under 30 to over 200 in the wild.
“An individual male panther has a home range of 200 square miles. So that’s twice the size of Orlando and four times the size of Miami,” he added.Carving a path for the panther The corridor’s advocates ramped up their efforts in 2020, when the Florida Department of Transportation proposed a toll road that would cut through the panther’s territory from central Florida to just north of the Everglades. Environmentalists across the state, including the Nature Conservancy, strongly opposed the road.For Ward and his fellow filmmakers, the panther, which is Florida’s state animal, was the perfect ambassador for the corridor.
“A lot of people were speaking out against the road,” Ward, Jr. said. “That particular solution had a voice. The wildlife corridor didn’t have enough of a voice.”with unanimous support, a move that would protect nearly 10 million acres of land.“This world has so many barriers, dead ends and unnatural cul-de-sacs in nature that are cut off from all the other pieces of nature.
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