The Florida Panther Project

Winter drought conditions have made the entire south Florida landscape dry and very susceptible to wildfire.

More on this as the story develops. This is prime panther and black bear habitat and home to thousands of wintering birds of countless different species.

With heavy hearts we share the passing of a true champion of a vanishing Florida way of life.

Lifetime and eighth generation Floridian, and current Manatee County Commissioner Carol Ann Felts was a fighter, a believer in all the good things about Florida, and was never afraid to say so.

She passed away today, and Manatee County, and all Florida is diminished. We have lost a friend.

May God Bless her family and friends at this time.

~ Bill Samuels

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Manatee County Commissioner Carol Ann Felts dies at 68, officials say Felts began serving on the Manatee County Commission in 2024.