Florida refuges hit by federal job cuts: 'We're holding our breath to hang on to what we have.'

Florida refuges hit by federal job cuts: 'We're holding our breath to hang on to what we have.'

The toll to South Florida parks and wilderness lands amid federal job cuts includes at least 6 biologists at understaffed wildlife refuges, bringing total to at least 26.

Florida wildlife refuges hit by Trump cuts: ‘We’re holding our breath to hang on to what we have.’

Wildlife refuges across South Florida that encompass more than 700,000 acres inhabited by some of the planet’s most threatened animals, from Key deer to Florida panthers, are having staffs slashed amid the wave of government layoffs. At least six workers have been laid off, including biologists, at seven refuges from the Keys to Palm Beach County, sources said, shrinking already skeletal staffs.  ”All of the federal staffing cuts for the nationa…