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Due to the way most Linux distributions are handling the Python 3migration, Linux users using the system Python without creating a virtualenvironment first should replace the python command in this tutorialwith python3 and the python -m pip command with python3 -m pip --user. Do notrun any of the commands in this tutorial with sudo: if you get apermissions error, come back to the section on creating virtual environments,set one up, and then continue with the tutorial as written.
The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board is taking aggressive action to protect the Everglades and eliminate invasive pythons from across the landscape. The Python Elimination Program started in 2017 and incentivizes a limited number of public-spirited individuals to humanely euthanize these destructive snakes which have become an invasive apex predator in the Everglades. The program provides access to python removal agents on designated lands in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier, Hendry, Lee, and Palm Beach counties.
The program is now accepting applications for new python removal agents. More information on program eligibility and requirements is available in the "Program Details" and "Frequently Asked Questions" sections below. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every applicant. We will contact you if you are selected. Otherwise, your application will remain under consideration for when future positions become available. Thank you for your interest.
Python removal agents will receive $10.00 per hour or $15.00 per hour depending on the area for up to ten (10) hours each day while actively searching for pythons on designated lands. For all eliminated pythons, the District will make an additional payment per python: $50.00 for pythons measuring up to four (4) feet, and an extra $25.00 for every foot measured above four (4) feet. See example below:
Python removal agents are required to download and utilize free cloud-based time and GPS tracking software, along with an electronic data collection system, on their GPS-enabled mobile device while conducting surveys. These are the methods used to verify python removal agent's time and location while engaging in program activities.
Yes. Python removal agents may bring up to three (3) unpaid assistants with them while engaging in program activities. Before being allowed to accompany python removal agents during program activities, each assistant must:
Non-contractors may remove pythons from private lands with landowner permission, and from certain public lands with no permit required. However, because Burmese pythons are a regulated species, they cannot be transported alive and must be humanely euthanized on-site. For more information on removing Burmese pythons on public and private lands, please visit the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's website at myfwc.com/python.
The non-native Burmese python was likely introduced to Florida's Everglades by accidental or intentional releases by pet owners. Once sought-after commodities, pythons have been sold by breeders as pets or showpieces to exotic animal collectors. Since making their way into the bountiful grounds of the Everglades, these giant constrictors have thrived, assuming a top position on the food web.
While researchers have been hard pressed to provide specific population numbers in the Everglades, there have been a rapid number of increased sightings. The species was once relegated to only Everglades National Park and Miami-Dade County, but recent tracking shows pythons are moving westward into locations such as Big Cypress National Preserve and northward into Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Burmese pythons possess an insatiable appetite. They can not only kill Florida native prey species and pose a threat to humans, but also rob panthers, birds of prey, alligators and bobcats of a primary food source.
A 2015 study by the United States Geological Survey, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the University of Florida researched invasive pythons' impact on indigenous food sources. Researchers released 95 adult marsh rabbits in areas of the Everglades known to harbor pythons. Within 11 months of the release, the study showed that pythons accounted for 77 percent of rabbit deaths, reducing prey for native predators.
The folder in which pip installs your libraries may be named site-packages or dist-packages. This folder may be located in either the lib/python3.x or lib64/python3.x directory (where python3.x represents the version of Python you are using).
Navigate into the directory containing the dependencies you installed with pip and create a .zip file in your project directory with the installed dependencies at the root. In this example, pip has installed your dependencies in the my_virtual_env/lib/python3.12/site-packages directory.
When you add a dependency to a layer, Lambda extracts this to /opt/python/lib/python3.x/site-packages (where python3.x represents the version of the runtime you're using) or /opt/python. In the search path, these directories have precedence over the directories containing the runtime-included libraries and pip-installed libraries (/var/runtime and /var/lang/lib/python3.x/site-packages). Libraries in function layers therefore have precedence over versions included in the runtime.
If your Lambda function uses the x86_64 instruction set architecture, run the following pip install command to install a compatible wheel in your package directory. Replace --python 3.x with the version of the Python runtime you are using.
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