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For immediate release: March 26, 2014 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 Idle-speed, no-wake zone activated on Suwannee River Another idle-speed, no-wake zone was activated on the Suwannee River today, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials. Zone 3, a 23-mile segment, which runs from Little River Spring to the County Road 340 Bridge […]

DATE: March 24, 2014 TO: USF & NRA Member and Friends FROM: Marion P. Hammer USF Executive Director NRA Past President SB-296 Guns During Mandatory Evacuation by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Military & Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 2:00pm. SB-296 By Sen. […]

The spiny lobster recreational and commercial season closes to harvest in state and federal waters starting April 1 and will reopen Aug. 6. The two-day recreational sport season is the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday of July, which is July 30 and 31 this year.

It doesn’t even look real. A hunter in North Carolina says he bagged a 500-pound wild pig last month. Jett Webb, a 34-year-old from Conetoe, N.C., was hunting boar at the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club in Bertie County on Feb. 28 when he spotted the giant swine. “It was very surreal,” Webb told WNCT-TV. “It […]

Florida Alert!  Your Help Is CRITICAL on SB-448 — Threat of Force to Stop Attackers DATE:   March 11, 2014 TO:       USF & NRA Member and Friends FROM:  Marion P. Hammer           Executive Director           NRA Past President Senate Bill 448 by Senator Greg Evers is on the agenda for the Senate Rules Committee Meeting TOMORROW, […]