Conserve Wildlife
Proceeds from the “bear” plate benefit a wide variety of species, from black bears and indigo snakes to endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows.
Process & Pricing
The cost of your new license plates is a new plate fee of $72.40, which includes your annual registration fee ($25.00 of this fee will go directly to the Foundation). You do not need to be a resident of Indian River County to submit your order.
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BENEFITS
Funded
$10,635,942 in conservation efforts
Improved
49 species in our state
Contributed
to 248 projects to conserve Florida’s wildlife
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Remember when you wore your heart not only on your sleeve, but on your rear bumper? And trunk? And rear window? Those days may be over, but...
Your car can still help save the planet.
Just purchase one of the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida’s conservation license plates online below or at your local tax collector’s office. For every plate sold, $25 is donated for conservation.
Each of our plates has a slightly different focus. Choose the one that best meets your passions. It’s not a small thing – we receive more than $1 million each year from these donations, funds that we and our partners use to conserve Florida black bears, wading birds, and many other species. We also use these monies to protect and manage new wildlife lands and waters and provide kids with formative outdoor experiences.
So, the next time you renew or order a plate at your local tax collector’s office, make it one of ours — even if you no longer drive a Beetle.
Overview
Proceeds from the “bear” plate benefit a wide variety of species, from black bears and indigo snakes to endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows.
The Foundation distributes CWT funds to FWC in the form of grants. By statute, we can only give Conserve Wildlife tag proceeds to FWC. It is possible for entities outside FWC to receive tag funds, but only as a sub-recipient in projects where FWC is the grantee. A call for proposals is held each January. FWC applicants must have approval from their section leader prior to completing a proposal.
PAST GRANTS
| Project Name | Grant Amount |
|---|---|
| Updated Abundance and Genetic Diversity of Black Bears in Florida | $35,000 |
| New Trailer-Mounted Bear Traps | $72,000 |
| Octocoral Restoration Trials on Nearshore Hardbottom Communities | $38,590 |
| Improving Information Accessibility for Florida Residents and Visitors to the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail | $37,200 |
| Wildlife Warriors: Educating Youth and Families to Conserve Our Lands and Animals | $22,408 |
| Determination of Freshwater Mussel Host Use Through Genetic Barcoding of Juvenile Mussels Metamorphosed on Naturally Infested Fishes | $25,000 |
| Dragonfly Telemetry: Radiotracking the Imperiled Say’s Spiketail Dragonfly to Inform Conservation in Florida | $16,558 |
| Growing Up WILD Guides and Materials | $5,500 |
| Expanding Capacity for Southeastern American Kestrel Nest Box Assessment, Inventory, and Management | $8,016 |
| A Statewide Survey of Southeastern Pocket Gophers Through Remote Sensing | $7,313 |
| Incorporating a Broad Disease Assessment to a Planned Upland Snake Survey at Tall Timbers | $15,000 |
| A Novel Methodology for a Novel Virus: Using eRNA to Detect Turtle Fraservirus (TFV-1) | $40,000 |
| Cache of Land Management Tools for Private Land Owners | $50,000 |
| Utilizing Scout Snakes as a Control Tool for Burmese Pythons Within the Picayune Strand State Forest | $120,000 |
| Updating the Florida Unified Reef Map in the Lower Florida Keys, the Marquesas, and the Dry Tortugas | $31,452 |
| Genetic Analysis of Hair Samples from the Highlands/Glades Bear Subpopulation | $20,000 |
| Creating Ark Sites for Black Creek Crayfish | $170,950 |
| Supporting Skyway Fishing Pier Anglers with Entangled Seabird Rescue Information and Equipment That Will Reduce Harm and Injury to Brown Pelicans | $20,635 |
| Keystone Wildflowers for Pollinator Habitat Conservation in Longleaf Pine Sandhills: Phase III of the Sandhill Plant-Pollinator Network Project | $51,086 |
| Evaluating the Ecological Role of Solution Holes in Changing Florida Keys Hardbottom Habitats | $16,576 |
| Incision Recovery Rate of Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus) from Internal Acoustic Tag Implantation | $8,729 |
| A Drainage-Wide Population Assessment and the Identification of Critical Nesting Habitats of the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys Suwanniensis) in Florida | $60,571 |
| Support for captive breeding of endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows | $63,354 |
| Expand Social Media Bear Outreach Efforts | $25,000 |
| Investigating potential bacterial reservoirs and environmental conditions contributing to a large multi-year mortality event of state-threatened black skimmer juveniles in Southwest Florida | $33,200 |
| Implementation of the Landscape Conservation Strategic Initiative (LCSI) through internal and external engagement | $94,500 |
| Crab Trap Bycatch Reduction Device Program | $36,175 |
| Movements and Habitat Use by American Crocodiles Found in Urbanized Landscapes | $41,614 |
| Demographics of the Black Bear Subpopulation in Southwest Florida | $13,000 |
| Monitor Prevalence of Illegal Shooting of Bears | $6,310 |
| Monitor Research Bears Over Time | $9,750 |
| Investigating the Origins and Potential Cross-Species Transmission of Pathogenic Reptilian Ferlaviruses Between Exotic and Native Wildlife | $30,130 |
| Support for captive breeding of endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows | $80,725 |
| Assessment of the epidemiology of a neuromuscular disorder impacting bobcats and the endangered Florida panther – Phase 2 | $46,000 |
| Diamondback Terrapin Bycatch in Blue Crab Traps and Impacts of Bycatch Reduction Devices on Commercial Landings of Marketable Crabs | $103,752 |
| Modify Dumpsters to be Bear-resistant | $11,496 |
| Continued Monitoring of Turtle Bunyavirus and Refinement of Tissue Submission Guidelines for Diagnostic Validity – Phase 2 | $25,000 |
| Scaring Bears Out of Communities | $27,744 |
| Understanding effectiveness of economical on-site conservation options for protected species, and mutual benefits for residents of Florida. | $25,000 |
| Continued Research on Mussel Propagation Techniques and Stocking Native Mussels to Restore Populations in Lake Trafford and Improve Water Quality | $65,960 |
| Coral reef restoration enhancement using a potential corallivore predator the spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus | $37,358 |
| Training FWC personnel to subdue wildlife and scare bears using tasers | $27,750 |
| Assessment of the epidemiology of a neuromuscular disorder impacting bobcats and the endangered Florida panther | $150,000 |
| Support for captive breeding of endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows | $140,000 |
| Effects of outreach messages on landowner attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors related to Florida's WMA's | $31,350 |
| Mussel Community and Water Quality Restoration in Lake Trafford | $65,000 |
| Apalachicola Regional Stewardship Alliance, Wetland Ecosystem Support Team | $25,000 |
| Implementing Predation Management for the Protection of Imperiled Beach Nesting Birds in Northeast Florida | $41,692 |
| Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail - Guide Development and Distribution | $19,500 |
| Investigating potential tropicalization of fishes and their cleaning stations found along hardbottom ledges of the West Florida | $28,483 |
| Adult movement, pupae fire survival, and caterpillar identification of the frosted elfin (Callophrys irus) butterfly | $6,510 |
| Cameras for remote monitoring of bear traps | $16,350 |
| Growing Up WILD Curriculum Guides | $10,000 |
| Assessing sponge outplant design to refine sponge restoration efforts in Florida Bay | $33,859 |
| Support for captive breeding of endangered Florida grasshopper sparrows | $82,978 |
| Freshwater turtle disease surveillance: Investigating a softshell turtle mortality event caused by a novel virus | $30,000 |
| Assessing the spatial components of pollinator and arthropod habitat using the GatorEye Unmanned Flying Laboratory | $30,860 |
| Captive Propagation and Repatriation of the Striped Newt | $36,062 |
| Implementing Predation Management for the Protection of Imperiled Beach Nesting Birds in Northeast Florida | $45,517 |
| A benthic and fish community assessment of West Florida Shelf ledge ecosystems, including Harmful Algal Bloom impacts | $60,000 |
| Enhancement and Coordination of the Sentinel Snake Protocol as a Localized Control Tool for Burmese Pythons in Southwestern Florida | $65,000 |
| Growing Up WILD Curriculum Guides | $5,000 |
| Bear cub rehabilitation enclosure | $20,000 |
| Headstarting of Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders | $46,729 |
| Arthropod community monitoring and plant-pollinator network mapping in fire-maintained sandhills | $25,771 |
| Documenting Occurrence of the Coastal Dunes Crowned Snake (Tantilla relicta pamlica) on Public Lands | $28,800 |
| Assessing the home range of the long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) | $4,300 |
| Bear trap improvements and inflatable landing pads | $25,782 |
| Enhanced monitoring for imperiled freshwater mussels of Florida | $15,000 |
| Backyards and Beyond, Phase 1 | $16,000 |
| Movements and Survivorship of Translocated Nuisance American Crocodiles | $33,000 |
| Using Echo-Sounder Buoys as Sampling Platforms for Fish Spawning Aggregations: A Pilot Study | $70,500 |
| Assessing Benthic Recovery 10 years After the 2005 Harmful Algal Bloom on the West Florida Shelf | $58,899 |
| Survey of Crypto serpentis in Wild Snakes and Reintroduction of the Eastern Indigo Snake at Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve | $37,943 |
| Incentives for local governments to reduce human/bear conflicts | $100,000 |
| National Initiative to Understand and Connect Americans and Nature | $15,000 |
| Critical Wildlife Enhancement | $225,000 |
| Orphan Bear Cub Rehab Enclosure | $5,000 |
| Bear Demographics in Apalachicola Bear Management Unit Year 1 | $50,000 |
| Local government incentives to reduce human-bear conflicts | $327,147 |
| Journey of the Whooping Crane | $50,000 |
| Avian and Terrestrial Wildlife Disease Surveillance and Response Program - CWD & Avian Influenza Veterinarian | $64,500 |
| Southeastern At-Risk Species Program (SEARS) | $50,000 |
| Reintroduction of Eastern Indigo Snakes to the Florida Panhandle | $38,353 |
| Florida Residents' Attitudes Towards Bear Management in the State | $45,000 |
| Avian and Terrestrial Wildlife Disease Surveillance and Response Program | $64,500 |
| Incentives to Increase Bear-resistant Equipment Availability | $80,000 |
| Understanding and Connecting Americans with Nature (UCAN) Phase 3 | $100,000 |
| Southeastern At-Risk Species Program (SEARS) | $50,000 |
| Genetic Assessment of Striped Newt Populations in Florida | $10,320 |
| Health and Genetic Structure of Florida's American Eels | $8,500 |
| 2016 Python Challenge | $78,000 |
| Northern African Python Eradication | $63,000 |
| Argentine Black and White Tegu Control and Management | $16,000 |
| Volunteer Stewardship Program (VSP) | $50,000 |
| Stakeholder Surveys 101: How to design, execute and interpret credible surveys of stakeholder opinions, attitudes, motivations, and behaviors | $19,925 |
| Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Management on Private Ranch Lands | $96,980 |
| Avian and terrestrial wildlife disease surveillance and response program | $60,500 |
| Secrets of the Longleaf Pine documentary | $12,500 |
| Incentives to Reduce Human/Bear Conflicts | $60,000 |
| Refining the FWC beach-nesting bird protocol for threatened ground nesting seabirds | $37,970 |
| Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program (EIRAMP) | $75,000 |
| Fish and Wildlife Reporting app: fish disease and mortality events | $35,614 |
| Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tag Readers for Florida Bonneted Bat (Eumops floridanus) Houses at Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area | $500 |
| Examining the efficacy of corallivorous snail removal as a method to promote coral health in the threatened species Acropora palmatta | $17,314 |
| Public/Private Partnership- Lake Wales Ridge WEA | $3,000 |
| Genetic repository for fish conservation/biodiversity research | $12,833 |
| UCANB Phase II | $30,000 |
| Central Florida Zoo | $95,000 |
| Everglades Youth Conservation Center | $300,000 |
| Effective Management of Lionfish in the FL Keys | $43,600 |
| UTV & Spray Tanki - Exotics Control on Three Lakes WMA | $13,000 |
| Volunteer Stewardship Program | $40,000 |
| Impact of hydrilla on the littoral zone | $28,026 |
| Bear Response Program | $75,000 |
| Centralized Call Database | $30,000 |
| Bear Abundance in the Ocala National Forest | $32,350 |
| Florida's Coyotes, A Comprehensive Model of Management | $35,447 |
| Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition | $60,000 |
| Python Patrol | $28,320 |
| Avian and Terrestrial Wildlife Disease Surveillance & Response | $50,000 |
| Stakeholder Engagement (ISMP and Sea Level Rise) | $12,238 |
| Lake Eustis Pupfish Evaluation | $20,843 |
| Exotic Animal Risk Assessments | $25,000 |
| Everglades Exotic Animal Monitoring | $50,000 |
| Gambian Pouched Rat Eradication on Grassy Key | $50,000 |
| Bear Range and Population Abundance of Black Bears in South Central Florida: Year 3 | $40,000 |
| Bear Response Program | $40,000 |
| Public-Private Cooperative to Increase Bear-Proof Garbage Can Availability | $35,000 |
| A Regional Program to Address Wildlife Problems and Wildlife Health Concerns | $97,500 |
| Getting Better Information to the Public to Reduce Coyote Problems | $9,756 |
| Planting a Refuge for Wildlife | $33,000 |
| Prevalence and Distribution of Baylisascaris procyonis in Florida | $29,000 |
| Investigations into the Interaction Between Terrapins and Crab Traps | $75,000 |
| Assessing the Use of Artificial Structures to Enhance the Survival Rates of Long-Spined Sea Urchins on the Reef Tract of the Florida Keys | $10,000 |
| Assessment of Non-Native Wildlife in South Florida | $36,540 |
| Community Bat House on Three Lakes WMA | $2,300 |
| Shorebird Monitoring Data Management | $42,000 |
| A Boating and Angling Guide to Coastal Volusia County | $5,500 |
| Patterns of Benthic Herbivore Biodiversity on Florida Coral Reefs | $10,470 |
| Impacts of Aquatic Habitat Management Activities on the Rare Round Tailed Muskrat | $54,400 |
| Florida Bird Conservation Initiative / Imperiled Species Management Plan Biologist | $75,542 |
| A National Initiative to Understand and Connect Americans with Nature (UCAN) | $135,000 |
| A regional approach to responding to wildlife issues and concerns of the public | $107,000 |
| Bear Range and Population Abundance of Black Bears in South Central Florida - Year 2 | $40,000 |
| Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative | $65,000 |
| Population status and distribution of the alligator snapping turtle in the Suwannee River, Florida | $39,095 |
| Bear Response Agent Program | $40,000 |
| Bear Smart Community jumpstart program | $30,000 |
| Preventing extinction of the Miami Blue butterfly through reintroduction, research and captive breeding | $31,743 |
| Management Process for Improving Conservation of Imperiled Species | $80,000 |
| Developing a Strategy for Coral Reef Restoration in Florida | $39,000 |
| Bat Species Inventory on Three Lakes WMA | $3,000 |
| Boating and Angling Guide to Bay County | $5,500 |
| Access to Photo Library | $15,000 |
| Outboard Motor for Research Vessel | $16,000 |
| Bear Response Agent Program | $40,000 |
| Bear Range and Population Abundance of Black Bears in South Central Florida | $40,000 |
| Coastal Wildlife Conservation Initiative | $70,000 |
| Imperiled Species Conservation | $90,000 |
| The Cooperative Conservation Blueprint for Florida (Phase II) | $59,000 |
| Regional Species Conservation in Florida | $200,000 |
| Partnering with private landowners to recover Florida's RCW through Safe Harbor | $50,000 |
| Accessing the wealth of data buried in FWRI's biological specimen collection | $15,000 |
| Bear Response Agent Program | $23,000 |
| Digital Conversion of image library | $3,000 |
| One year continuation of two nongame wildlife grants | $47,834 |
| Bring back the red cockaded woodpecker through FWC's Safe Harbor Program | $50,000 |
| Nongame wildlife conservation throughout Florida | $160,000 |
| Assess internet traffic of regulated fish and wildlife | $37,500 |
| Community-based approach for human-bear coexistence | $45,000 |
| Microsatellite analysis of genetic variation in panhandle gopher tortoise | $12,700 |
| Northwest coastal bear festival | $5,000 |
| Cooperative Conservation Blueprint for Florida | $100,000 |
| Hawks channel coral ecosystem mapping | $50,000 |
| Mapping threats to Florida freshwater habitats | $54,893 |
| Avian survey of sandhill habitat in Florida | $57,842 |
| Community bear restraint container program | $61,000 |
| Restoration, monitoring and management of boat propeller scars in St. Andrew Bay, Florida | $18,072 |
| Florida's Wildlife Legacy Initiative partner's meetings | $4,500 |
| Assessment, survival and growth of boulder star coral in the Florida Keys | $8,500 |
| Gambian Rat Pilot Eradication Project | $20,000 |
| Population Dynamics, Demography and Movements of the Endangered Snail Kite | $29,095 |
| ArcIMS Programmer to deliver Web-Based GIS Services via the Internet (Year 2) | $52,000 |
| Florida Black Bear Distribution in the Big Bend Region | $30,000 |
| Development of a Manatee Genetics Tag and Field Sampling Methodology | $57,200 |
| Exotic Species Awareness Project | $57,924 |
| Florida Black Bear: Aversive Conditioning Program Development and Training | $44,000 |
| Law Enforcement Reserve Officer Program Start-up Funds | $5,000 |
| Northern Right Whales in Florida An Online Field Trip | $3,000 |
| Digital Conversion of Video Library | $5,000 |
| Impacts of Florida Manatee Foraging on Seagrass Communities Around a Winter Warm-Water Refuge | $62,000 |
| Largemouth Bass Genetics Assessment | $2,400 |
| Burrowing Owl Conservation and Management | $29,000 |
| Pet Amnesty Program | $20,000 |
| Conservation and Protection of Marine Aquatic Habitat at St. Lucie Inlet Reserve State Park Coral Reed, Martin County | $34,000 |
| Population Dynamics, Demography and Movements of the Endangered Snail Kite | $29,095 |
| Captive Propagation and Reintroduction of the State Endangered Miami Blue Butterfly | $42,000 |
| Florida Black Bear Continuation and Expansion of the Bear Response Agent Program | $30,000 |
| Florida Black Bear Support to Conduct a Black Bear Management Survey of the General Public | $25,000 |
| Response of Native and Exotic Apple Snails to Lake Habitat Management | $38,450 |
| Evaluation of Web Cam Technology for Compliance Monitoring | $31,200 |
| Radio Telemetry and Mark-Recapture Studies of Demography, Movement, and Population Dynamics of the Endangered Snail Kite | $29,095 |
| Florida Black Bear: Statewide Management and Conservation (Bear Response Agent Program) | $40,000 |
| Evaluating Wetland Management Techniques for Controlling Para Grass | $15,000 |
| Florida Mottled Duck Population Monitoring | $38,000 |
| Avian Stewardship, Outreach, and Partnering | $13,500 |
| Florida Manatee-A Florida Treasure: Education and Boater Relations | $6,200 |
| Inventory of FWC Data: A Prerequisite to Agency-wide Data Integration | $55,200 |
| ArcIMS Programmer | $52,000 |
| Florida Black Bear Habitat Modeling for Closing the Gaps Update | $9,926 |
| Database Management Technical Support for FWC Divisions and Offices | $45,213 |
| GIS Mapping Support for FWC Employees | $37,733 |
| Florida Manatee Foraging Behavior Around a Winter Warm-water Refuge | $27,000 |
| Apple Snail Habitat Associations on Central Florida Lakes | $33,886 |
| *Exotic Freshwater Fish Poster | $10,000 |
| Suwannee Bass Genetics and Virus Study | $10,000 |
| Inventory & Mapping of Plant Communities Including Listed Species on State-Managed Conservation Lands | $50,633 |
| Florida Black Bear Conservation and Management | $101,000 |
| *Economic Ramifications of Altering the Farm Landscape to Benefit Bobwhite Quail | $35,800 |
| Evaluating Wetland Management Techniques for Controlling Para Grass | $17,500 |
| Mottled Duck Hybridization Marketing and Public Relations | $30,000 |
| Role of Eggshell Integrity on Alligator Egg Viability in Florida | $24,000 |
| FL Mottled Duck Population Monitoring | $11,000 |
| Be Bear Aware Campaign | $25,000 |
| Dev. Of Proposals to Acquire Land for Fish and Wildlife | $41,500 |
| Evaluating Wetland Management Techniques for Controlling Para Grass | $20,000 |
| Analysis of Alligator Diets & Role of Gizzard Shad in Alligator Mortality/Lake Griffin | $25,800 |
| Florida Black Bear Conservation and Management | $88,500 |
| Florida Mottled Duck Hybridization Genetics | $6,000 |
| Mottled Duck Hybridization Marketing and Public Relations | $6,250 |
| Impact of Largemouth Bass Iridovirus on Florida Bass Populations | $35,500 |
| Largemouth Bass Genetics Assessment | $24,000 |
| Habitat Enhancement Effects on Applesnail Abundance | $21,777 |
| Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center Enhancement | $28,700 |
| Big Catch Certificates | $20,000 |
| Aquatic Resources and Sportfishing Education Program Enhancements | $9,000 |
| Digitize Slide Library/Index Slides and Video Tapes | $13,000 |
| Florida Black Bear Education Project/Seminole Count6y | $35,530 |
| Conservation and Restoration of Queen Conch in South Florida | $3,025 |
| Surveillance and Monitoring for Chronic Wasting Disease | $52,000 |
| Increase Florida Wildlife Magazine Circulation | $29,151 |
| Florida Black Bear Population Monitoring and Nuisance Response | $125,000 |
| Virus Screening/Alligator Mortality/Lake Griffin | $19,400 |
| Evaluation of Flood Pulse Effect on Fish Populations in Florida's Lakes and Low Gradient Streams | $58,000 |
| Florida Wildlife Habitat (LANDSAT) Map | $36,000 |
| Purchase Computer - Florida Wildlife Magazine | $5,005 |
| Florida Black Bear Population Monitoring and Nuisance Response | $100,000 |
