The 2022 Florida Python Challenge names its winners as the competition comes to a close.
Matthew Concepcion removed 28 Burmese pythons, bringing home the $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize courtesy of the Bergeron Everglades Foundation.
Dustin Crum won a $1,500 prize for the longest python, measuring 11-feet and 0.24 inches.
The Florida Everglades was the big winner. 231 invasive Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades during the nearly 10-day competition.
“Once again, the Florida Python Challenge has yielded impressive results with hundreds of invasive pythons being removed from the wild,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “Removing these snakes is one of the many efforts we are employing to restore and maintain the Everglades ecosystem.”
Nearly 1,000 participants from 32 states, Canada and Latvia came together to remove hundreds of Burmese pythons from South Florida
Visit FlPythonChallenge.org. for more information.
Congrats Matthew Concepcion, 2022 Florida Python Challenge®$10K Ultimate Grand Prize winner, for removing 28 #invasive Burmese #pythons! Thanks to Bergeron Everglades Foundation for providing this award! https://t.co/JQKSk9zXlG #conservation pic.twitter.com/6OK8DhlTtf
— MyFWC (@MyFWC) October 20, 2022
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