The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and other law enforcement agencies will escort the decommissioned military ship “Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg” on its final voyage, Tuesday, May 26, weather permitting. The following day, the ship will slip beneath the surface and settle on the ocean floor in 140 feet of water 6 miles [...]
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) rescued a distressed juvenile bald eagle from Ten Mile Creek Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Center in St. Lucie County in late April.
On April 30, FWC Lt. Doug Rogerson and Officer Kyle Patterson went to the reservoir, which is closed to the public, after receiving a [...]
Anglers from across the state are helping biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and the Mote Marine Laboratory gather valuable information about tarpon. Results from the Tarpon Genetic Recapture Study yield new insight into how tarpon can survive catch-and-release angling and how tarpon move throughout Florida [...]
A new online Boating and Angling Guide to Tampa Bay, designed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, is now available on the Internet. The FWRI created the new guide in response to requests from the public to provide boating and angling information in an interactive, user-friendly format.
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During the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds beachgoers statewide to be mindful of nesting birds. The eggs and chicks of nesting birds are delicate and susceptible to harm from disturbances that cause adults to fly off the nests.
“Just approaching a bird is enough to flush it away [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) received 86 art entries in the manatee decal contest for 2009-2010. The FWC announced on Monday that Deanna Parsons, an 11th grader at Rockledge High School in Brevard County, won the top honor of having her painting used in the design of the FWC’s manatee decal this [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will use new permit-application procedures this year to resolve past permit issuance problems for the highly popular statewide alligator harvest program.
In Phase I of the new process, applications will be accepted for a random drawing from 10 a.m. (EDT) June 1 through 11:59 p.m. (EDT) June 15. [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be accepting applications June 1-30 to be included in a random drawing for quota permits to hunt on wildlife management areas (WMAs) next season.
On many WMAs, quota permits are required for hunters wishing to hunt during specified periods of the general gun season as well as [...]
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the boating accident statistics for 2008, and fortunately, there were fewer boating fatalities last year. The reported 54 fatalities represent a 30-percent reduction from the 2007 statistics. While this is a step in the right direction, boaters shouldn’t let their guard down, according to the [...]
By Patricia Behnke
“Go green” taps us on the shoulder wherever we turn these days. We all know it’s a good thing when we see it, but do we really know what it means?
Any talk about going green inevitably leads to our carbon footprint — the amount of carbon dioxide our activities emit into the atmosphere. [...]