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For immediate release: November 13, 2012 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Learn a hobby at free Women’s Fishing Clinic in Crystal River Women can learn the skills to successfully cast a line into the sea by attending the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Women’s Fishing Clinic Nov. 17 in Crystal River. Participants will not […]

A patient 12-year-old boy has the story of a lifetime to tell following a weekend hunt last Saturday, November 3. Dylan Beach-Bittner of Motley, Minnesota took a nearly 30-point buck known around his community as the “monster buck” from a tree stand while out hunting with his step-father on his aunt’s farm roughly eight miles […]

For immediate release: November 9, 2012 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 FWC busts up Baker County poachers’ ring Six Baker County residents involved in a poaching enterprise were recently cited for more than 30 wildlife law violations by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers. Trenton Lee Forester Stokes (DOB 11/13/93), Joseph Bruce Johnson (DOB […]

For immediate release: November 2, 2012 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 Parole denied for man convicted of 1974 slaying of wildlife officer The Florida Parole Commission, on Oct. 31, denied parole for the man convicted of killing Wildlife Officer Danese “Dan” Crowder. Crowder was shot and killed in Lafayette County while attempting to arrest Colon Russell […]

For immediate release: November 1, 2012 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 Young panthers rescued, returned to pen in Yulee The two escaped panthers were returned to their pen today following their capture by experts from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), White Oak Conservation Center and houndsmen from Ranchers Supply, Inc. The two cats, […]