The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the results of this year’s Florida Python Challenge, which featured 907 participants from 30 states as well as Vietnam and Canada. Over 10 days, hunters scoured locations like Everglades National Forest to remove as many Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) as possible in an effort to promote ongoing mitigation efforts against the destructive invasive species. Challenge participants collectively removed a total of 280 snakes from south Florida, bringing the annual competition’s overall tally to more than 1,600 pythons. Since 2017, the FWC and South Florida Management District contractors have removed over 19,000 snakes from the state. “The Florida Python Challenge shows what is possible when we all come together around a shared conservation goal,” added Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida executive director Nick Wiley.