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FWC WILL TRANSFER PERMITS OF STA 1-W
DUCK HUNTERS
Nov. 17, 2006
CONTACT: Dani Moschella (561) 625-5132
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) will transfer the permits of duck hunters
planning to hunt in Stormwater Treatment Area 1-W because water
managers are lowering water depths there. The hunters will be
allowed to hunt in Area 3/4 instead.
Water managers at South Florida Water Management
District are lowering water depths in Area 1-W to prepare for
construction. Therefore, hunters previously permitted by the FWC
for duck hunting in there on Sundays, Nov. 19 and 26; Dec. 10,
17, 24 and 31; and Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28, will have their
permits transferred to Area 3/4 for those same dates. Permit
holders for the Area 1-W youth hunt on Feb. 4 will be
transferred to 3/4 instead. Area 1-W permit holders and standby
duck hunters will not be allowed access Area 1-W during these
dates.
Area 3/4 currently hosts Saturday duck hunts
managed by the FWC. Area 3/4 permit holders will continue to
hunt Saturdays at that site, which allows standby hunters on
scheduled hunt dates, Saturdays and Sundays.
Area 3/4 is directly west of U.S. 27 in Palm
Beach County, just north of the Broward/Palm Beach County Line,
off the L-5 levee. For more information, call the FWC’s Sunrise
Office at (954) 746-1789.
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