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Carlton Ward Jr is a conservation photographer & National Geographic Explorer whose passion for nature was born from the Florida landscape. His mission is to inspire appreciation and protection of Florida’s original nature and culture – the endangered wildness that is often hidden in plain sight but very much needs our attention to be saved. Carlton published Florida Cowboys in 2009 and founded the Florida Wildlife Corridor project in 2010. The Path of the Panther project has been Carlton’s full-time focus since 2016 - It's purpose is to inspire a public and political movement to save the Florida Wildlife Corridor through the story of the endangered Florida panther.

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OUTLINE
00:00 - Florida development & cattle ranching
08:31 - finding passion for photography in Australia
16:20 - Carlton's early work with camera traps
21:44 - Florida horses evolution & animals of ancient Florida
31:09 - how North American megafauna went extinct
40:37 - the state of Florida cattle ranching
56:03 - Florida's black bear population living on cattle ranches
01:00:38 - Florida population will grow to 30 million by 2060
01:13:07 - who's fighting against Florida Wildlife Corridor preservation
01:17:55 - the Half-Earth Project
01:28:36 - tagging & tracking marine wildlife
01:32:08 - the Florida panther
01:45:31 - finding ghost orchids
01:51:18 - Carlton's deadliest animal encounter
02:02:31 - how conservationists protect themselves
02:05:44 - Florida panther population
02:16:55 - bringing animals back from extinction
02:22:03 - toll roads are destroying the wildlife corridor
02:27:53 - Florida sugar farms
02:37:07 - importance of the Gulf of Mexico

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