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For immediate release: December 9, 2014 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525   Bowhunter education course scheduled for Columbia County Now you can take the Florida Bowhunter Education Course by completing an online, distance-learning component, followed by attending a field class in Columbia County. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) hunter safety personnel have scheduled the […]

For immediate release: December 9, 2014 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 January hunter safety Internet-completion courses offered The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety Internet-completion courses in three counties in January. (List follows.) Students who have taken the online course and wish to complete the classroom portion must bring the […]

  For immediate release: December 5, 2014 Media contact: Greg Workman, 352-239-2763 FWC captures bear in neighborhood where Lake Mary woman was bitten Thursday night, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) captured a bear in the Lake Mary neighborhood where a woman was bitten by a bear on her upper arm the night […]

For immediate release: December 4, 2014 Media contact: Greg Workman, 352-239-2763   Bear bites Lake Mary woman; FWC on scene This morning, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is responding to an incident where a bear bit a Lake Mary woman on her upper arm. The incident happened the evening of Dec. 3. […]

December 1, 2014 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Photos available on FWC Flickr site: Go to http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzBWzfa. Video available on FWC YouTube site: Go to http://youtu.be/KzOua12jMX8. Free Kids’ Fishing Clinic promises day of learning, fun Teaching children a lifelong hobby, instilling appreciation for our marine environment and providing fun, family outings are the objectives for […]