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September 2, 2020 By: Staff Report, FWC FLORIDA – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking input on proposed revisions to diamondback terrapin rules. These proposed revisions are expected to affect take, possession, transport, and sale of the species in Florida. More information…
Read More FWC Seeks Public Input on Proposed Rule Revisions for the Diamondback Terrapin
September 1, 2020 By: Staff Report, FWC PR Currently, Florida is one of 24 states where chronic wasting disease, or CWD, has NOT been detected. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is continuing its work to reduce the risk of CWD spreading into our…
Read More Deer Hunters -Reducing the Risk of CWD Spreading Into Florida
August 31, 2020 By: Staff Report, FWC POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking input on draft Species Conservation Measures and Permitting Guidelines for two species included in Florida’s Imperiled Species Management Plan. The draft Guidelines and more information…
Read More FWC Seeks Public Input Draft Guidelines, Southeastern American Kestrel and Florida Tree Snail
August 31, 2020 By: Staff Report SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) fisheries biologists certified a new state record flathead catfish weighing 69.9 pounds, measuring 48.5 inches long, with a girth of 38.25 inches, caught by angler Lavon Nowling…
Read More ‘A New Record’ FWC Certifies New State Record Flathead Catfish
August 29, 2020 By: Staff Report PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – Still stuck inside with the COVID blues or just want something different and exciting to do? The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission needs your help documenting plant and animal species on its Wildlife Management Areas.…
Read More Become a Florida Nature Tracker and Enjoy The Outdoors
August 29, 2020 By: Staff Report, FWC RP PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – The recreational gray triggerfish season reopens to harvest in Gulf state and federal waters Sept. 1 and will remain open through Oct. 25, closing to harvest Oct. 26, 2020. NOAA Fisheries is reopening…
Read More Gray Triggerfish Reopens Sept. 1 in Gulf State and Federal Waters
August 26, 2020 By: Bill Aucoin HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla.- Welcome to Angler Insider sharing the best spots and plots to catch fresh and saltwater gamefish each week in Central Florida. The Brief Weather: Hot and dryer. Fewer late-day rainstorms. Release snook, redfish, and spotted seatrout south of…
Read More Central Florida Angler Insider Aug 28th – Sep 3rd
August 26, 2020 By: Staff Report, FWC Conservation PENSACOLA, Fla. – Finding alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) can be a challenge, but it’s one biologists with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) are taking on to learn more about the population of the fish in…
Read More Finding Alligator Gar, Florida Wildlife
August 25, 2020 By: Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- The Florida State Parks Foundation has received a $1 million bequest from a former Indialantic resident who was both a passionate birder and long-term Florida State Park volunteer. Bonnie Lizer who died last year generously left one-quarter…
Read More Florida’s State Parks to Boost Birding with $1 Million Bequest
August 20, 2020 By: Amanda Nalley PASCO COUNTY, Fla. – I hate to admit it, but for years, our two neon-orange over-the-neck life jackets (aka personal floatation devices or PFDs) acted primarily as seat cushions in our 40-year-old canoe. We didn’t have much money, and…
Read More Gone Coastal: Lifejackets, Variety is the Spice of Safety