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Florida Phoenix2dOpinion
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 ...
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 ...
Sun Sentinel16d
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 ...
Tallahassee Democrat24d
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 ...
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 member of its own species. Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported finding the body of the male ...
Palm Beach Post29d
Florida approved 10 years of funding to protect wild Florida. Where is it? | Opinion
Amendment 1 was designed with a simple and powerful intent: For 20 years, 33% of real-estate transaction taxes will be used for conservation land acquisition, management and restoration through ...
FOX 13 Tampa Bay on MSN15d
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 ...
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 ...
Tampa Bay Times1mon
This land swap would give 700 acres of North Florida state forest to peanut farm
In a letter dated March 10, a top official with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission outlined to the head of the Suwannee River water management board how the state forest land is ...
Tallahassee Democrat11d
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 ...
Orlando Sentinel16d
Florida admits plan for December bear hunt, its first in a decade
State wildlife officials ... s director of hunting and game management, said the agency was proposing a statewide harvest of 187 bears, 18 of them in Central Florida, which includes Orange ...