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DISGUSTING: Florida Fishing Guide Cited for Tying Pelicans’ Beaks Shut!
Note: The pelican pictured on the right has a line cinched around its bill, compared to the pelican behind it with a normal bill. While conducting surveillance, Officers Stephen Wicker and Travis Basford witnessed a charter boat captain hold a pelican’s beak shut and wrap fishing line around it before letting the animal go. […]
Bowhunting and Hunter safety courses offered in Palm Beach County
Free hunter safety course offered in Palm Beach County The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety course in Palm Beach County on March 21 and 22, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be at Everglades Youth Conservation Camp, J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area, 12100 Seminole Pratt […]
NRA Forces Obama to Waive White Flag on Proposed Ammo Ban … For Now
*(Via NRA – Fairfax, Va.) – The National Rifle Association (NRA) was instrumental in stalling the Obama Administration’s initial attempt to ban commonly used ammunition for the most popular rifle in America, the AR-15. The announcement that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) will suspend its proposed framework to ban M855 ammunition […]
URGENT! – Firearms Bill in Committee TOMORROW!
DATE: March 10, 2015 TO: USF & NRA Member and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President HB-493 B-290, Firearms/Emergency Evacuation by Representative Heather Fitzenhagen (R-Ft. Myers) is scheduled to be heard in the House Judiciary Committee TOMORROW, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at 1:00PM. HB-493 is a bill to […]
Public input sought on FWC permit request for lake restoration
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has applied for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District to conduct restoration activities on 23 lakes and water bodies in the FWC’s Southwest Region. This permit is required pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the […]