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Florida Phoenix21hOpinion
Florida wildlife commission chair denies trying to build destructive project he tried to build
There used to be a TV game show called “To Tell the Truth.” It ran from 1956 to 1968, then was revived in syndication in the ...
Where, when will bear hunts be allowed in Florida? What we know
For the first time in a decade, the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working up a proposal for a ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN14d
Florida wildlife leaders weighing state's first potential black bear hunt in a decade
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding a series of virtual public meetings this week, as it asks for feedback about the state's first potential black bear hunt in a decade.
Florida may allow 187 black bears to be hunted in December
Florida hunters may celebrate this holiday season with three weeks of bear hunting. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working on a plan to issue 187 permits to harvest black ...
Sun Sentinel15d
Florida admits plan for December bear hunt, its first in a decade
State wildlife officials are drafting ... Morgan Richardson, FWC’s director of hunting and game management, said the agency was proposing a statewide harvest of 187 bears, 18 of them in Central ...
ABC Action News16d
FWC to host a series of public meetings on a proposed bear hunt in Florida
According to the FWC, the black bear population has come back from just several hundred bears in the 1970s to over 4,000 ...
To hunt or not to hunt bears, that is the question | Opinion
The FWC is doing an outstanding job of helping bears and humans live together safely, so let’s let them do their job and stop ...
Rare Florida predator kills one of its own — a kitten less than 6 months old
An endangered Florida panther kitten was killed in a fight with a ... The team evaluated the roughly 4-week-old males in the Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area, which is mostly inside ...
Florida Today22d
Should Wildlife Management Areas be included in State Parks Preservation bill?
Florida Today's John A. Torres talks with lawmaker, activists regarding the inclusion of wildlife management areas in State Parks Preservation bill.
84-year-old vanishes in Florida marsh, then rescuers get stuck with him, cops say
“Fire Medic (Logan) Boswell was lowered to the ground where he began to assess the condition of the victim. ... Ultimately they determined (the 84-year-old man) was able to be secured into what is ...
Tallahassee Democrat9d
Florida may allow 187 black bears to be hunted in December
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing ... public who oppose bear hunting and advocate for alternative management strategies. Florida hunters may celebrate this holiday ...
Tallahassee Democrat23d
To hunt or not to hunt bears, that is the question | Opinion
a biologist and advocate for wildlife protection, believes that the FWC's current management practices are sufficient and that bear hunting is unnecessary. The debate over bear hunting in Florida ...