Recent News
April 28, 2010
Proposed rule will implement a process for FWC to review, approve some local boating ordinances before they take effect.
April 28, 2010
Amendments will protect manatees in Sarasota County.
April 28, 2010
All shipments of live wildlife must be properly labeled. Hobbyists won't have to demonstrate sustained, consistent commercial activity.
April 28, 2010
Reptiles on the current list of reptiles of concern in Florida may soon be reclassified as conditional species.
April 28, 2010
Capt. Alan Richard dedicated his career of 32+ years to boating safety. The agency also recognized artist Brian Chamberlain for his beautiful wildlife paintings, sculptures.
April 27, 2010
The recreational and commercial harvest of shallow-water groupers (including gag, black grouper, red grouper, scamp, red hind, rock hind, coney, graysby, yellowfin grouper, yellowmouth grouper and tiger grouper) will reopen on May 1 in all Atlantic Ocean and Monroe County waters.
April 23, 2010
Do your children long to spend their summer days in the great outdoors? Would they love the chance to learn about wildlife from experts, and hike or canoe with other children their age?
April 22, 2010
This fall, Northwest Florida offers some special deer and wild hog hunts at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and a unique "big-game" hunt on the island of St. Vincent NWR.
April 22, 2010
Winter seems like a distant memory. Trees and flowers are blossoming, birds are building nests and critters are being born.
April 21, 2010
Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will stock 150,000 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings in Lake Trafford, the largest lake south of Lake Okeechobee. The 1,500-acre freshwater lake is an important resource for boating, fishing and wildlife-viewing.
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