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For imm­­ediate release: August 31, 2015 Media contact: Katie Purcell, 850-488-4676   Gulf state recreational red snapper season reopens Labor Day weekend! The recreational red snapper season for Gulf state waters reopens to harvest Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5-7, and will continue to be open for Saturdays and Sundays in September and October with the […]

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety Internet-completion courses in nine counties in September. (List follows.) Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the online-completion report with them. All firearms, ammunition and materials are provided free of charge. Students should […]

For immediate release: August 12, 2015 Media contacts: Diane Hirth, 850-410-5291; Gary Morse, 863-648-3852 Photos available on FWC’s Flickr site. Go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwcmedia/sets/72157629205002908/ Storms impacting sea turtles on southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast Heavy rain and rough weather along southwest Florida’s Gulf Coast are impacting sea turtle nests along the beaches, jeopardizing the eggs and hatchlings […]

Contact: Karen Parker, 386-872-0831   Orlando woman injured by alligator on Wekiva River An Orlando woman was injured Aug. 8 when an alligator bit her while she was swimming in the Wekiva River just west of the Wekiva Island Marina. Rachael D. Lilienthal, DOB 12/4/77, was swimming upstream away from a crowded beach area when […]

Be aware of new antler restrictions, hunting rules! Deer hunters, please remember that 10 new Deer Management Units (DMUs) were established in hunting zones A, B and C, each with their own unique set of antler regulations and private land antlerless deer harvest days. Similar changes were approved last year for northwest Florida’s two DMUs […]