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Lionfish Challenge comes to a close; 16,609 total removed
News Release Tuesday, October 04, 2016 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 or Amanda.Nalley@MyFWC.com Facebook: Facebook.com/LionfishReefRangers Website: ReefRangers.com and MyFWC.com/Lionfish Photos available: http://bit.ly/1R6yurs Volusia County resident David Garrett takes home Lionfish King award for removing 3,324 lionfish The invasive lionfish took a major hit this summer: a total of 16,609 lionfish were removed during the 4.5 […]
Stone crab claw season opens Oct. 15 in state, federal waters
News Release Tuesday, October 04, 2016 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-487-0554 Photos available on the FWC’s Flickr site: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCmyM7g. How to harvest video available on the FWC’s YouTube site: http://youtu.be/YTgXTS8gLjU. Florida’s recreational and commercial stone crab claw harvest season opens Oct. 15 in state and federal waters. To ensure this valuable resource is available for […]
FWC continues cutting-edge science to collect data on Florida’s widespread bear population
News Release Thursday, September 29, 2016 Media contact: Susan Smith, 850-528-1755 To continue the cutting-edge science being conducted on Florida’s black bears, FWC researchers recently placed radio-collars on 16 adult female bears to track their movements in and around Tates Hell State Forest in northwest Florida. Data collected from this study will allow FWC researchers to […]
Friends of NRA Events (Florida):
Join Second Amendment supporters in your community for an evening of food, fellowship, and fundraising for the shooting sports! 09/15/16 – Volusia Area | 6:00 PM | Deland, FL 09/16/16 – Treasure Coast | 6:00 PM | Stuart, FL 09/17/15 – Space Coast | 6:00 PM | Cape Canaveral, FL 09/20/16 – North Florida | […]
Hunter safety courses (October 2016)
For immediate release: Sept. 12, 2016 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-754-1294 Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in October The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in 13 counties in October. (List follows.) Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must […]