TX101 -- TX101 continues to utilize a relatively small, well defined area of the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation where she is presumably still raising her pair of kittens. The kittens would currently be about 10 months old.

TX103 -- TX103 spent the majority of July in Lostman's Pines in Big Cypress National Preserve where she was released two years ago. No indications of denning have occurred. She remained in the Lostman's Pines area of the Stairsteps Unit in August and ranged further east than she has been previously, into the area used by airboats. TX103 has remained in a small area south of Gum Slugh in the Stairsteps Unit during September. Most of the habitat here is inundated with water.

TX104 -- TX104 divided her time primarily between the northwestern portion of the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge (FPNWR) and private land to the northwest of the refuge around the Catherine Island agricultural fields. However, the second week of September she left the refuge and traveled through a portion of the Golden Gate Estates to an undeveloped area without incident. She tehn moved south across I-75 to the northern portion of Belle Meade where she remained throughout September. This is a previously observed movement pattern that is not considered unusual for her.

TX105 -- TX105 has been predominately using the pinelands and hardwood hammocs at the west end of Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park. TX105 was observed walking just outside a small hardwood hammock in a mixed prairie on 19 August. Her kitten was not seen with her, although the kitten is still thought to be traveling with her mother. An attempt to capture and radio-collar this kitten will be made in October or November.

TX106 -- TX106 utilized the western portion of the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and the northwestern portion of Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. She regularly traveled every two to 15 days between these two areas crossing I-75, presumably around the area of the Rock Island wildlife crossing. She was located with male panther #54 for two consecutive flights on 15 and 17 September.

TX107 -- TX107 made small movements away from the den site in Big Cypress National Preserve indicating that the kittens were still with her in July. During the first half of July, she occupied a small area about three miles from the den and during the last half of July, she was about six miles from the den site. TX107 remained in a small area in the western Corn Dance Unit during August. Her sedentary movements indicated she still had the kitten(s) with her. She continued to make small movements in the western Corn Dance Unit in September, indicating that she was still raising young.

TX108 -- TX108 has utilized all of Long Pine Key in Everglades National Park, extending her movements from just west of Royal Palm Road to the pinelands and associated small hammocks two miles southeast of Sisal Pond. She has been with or near male panther #16 on several dates between 9 and 21 July. Her movements will be closely monitored for possible dening activity in mid- to late October.

Panther #61 -- This F1 progeny of TX108 and Panther #16 was fitted with a new radio-collar on 10 July during recovery from anemia and dehydration at the White Oak Conservation Center. She was transported back from White Oak to Everglades National Park after the recovery and was returned to the Long Pine Key area, one mile north of the Beard Research Center on 17 August. She weighed 67 pounds at the time of her release. For the first ten days after release, she was located in small hardwood hammocks north of the Main Park Road and in Long Pine Key. Panther #61 has predominately been in the Hole-in-the-Donut area south of Long Pine Key since 28 August. Although her movements in this old agricultural area consisting of dense Brazilian Pepper has been minimal, observations of panther #61 along Research Road on 4 and 19 September indicated that she appeared healthy, shy, alert, and had a shiny coat of fur.

Prepared by Mark Lotz, Darrell Land, Ken Johnson, Deborah Jansen, Jason Osborne, and Sonny Bass (7/7/97).