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• FWC seeks public input on native plant list

  Wednesday, November 29, 2023 -  The FWC is seeking public input on a draft addendum to the State Wildlife Action Plan. The purpose of this addendum is to incorporate 596 native plant species into the state’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need list.

• Start planning for the new year: The FWC announces new Saltwater Fishing Record categories coming in 2024

  Tuesday, November 28, 2023 -  In addition to the current All Tackle and Fly-Fishing Weight categories, the FWC will add a Youth Weight category for anglers aged 15 and under, and Youth and Adult Length categories to allow for catch-and-release records.

• FWC to meet Dec. 5 in Orlando

  Monday, November 20, 2023 -  For the full Dec. 5 agenda and links to background reports, go to MyFWC.com/Commission and select “Commission Meetings.”

• FWC to host meetings on proposed trophy bass regulations changes for Orange and Lochloosa lakes

  Thursday, November 16, 2023 -  These rule changes are part of the FWC’s Florida Trophy Bass Project and intended to create conditions that increase the waterbodies’ potential to produce largemouth bass 15 pounds and heavier.

• Go slow, look out below when on the water this Manatee Awareness Month

  Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -  As temperatures start to dip in the fall, manatees travel to Florida springs, power plant discharge areas and other warm-water sites to overwinter until temperatures rise again in the spring.

• CWD response efforts, increased sampling, hunter support strong during first weeks of hunting season

  Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -  Nearly 400 samples from the Enhanced Surveillance Zone have been tested since the initial detection of a CWD-positive female deer found in Holmes County in June 2023. So far, CWD has not been detected in any of the additional samples.

• FWC seeks contracted nuisance alligator trapper for Walton County

  Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -  To learn more about becoming a contracted nuisance alligator trapper and to apply online, visit MyFWC.com/Alligator and click on “Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program.”

• FWC is making a difference in shoal bass conservation

  Thursday, November 9, 2023 -  Freshwater fisheries researchers and managers with the FWC successfully released more than 11,000 shoal bass over the past two years.

• Fellsmere wins the “Battle of the Lakes” with the heaviest total bass catches

  Wednesday, November 8, 2023 -  The amiable competition between participants fishing Fellsmere Reservoir and Orange Lake was designed to highlight both fisheries, generate enthusiasm for bass fishing and encourage participation in the FWC's TrophyCatch program.

• FWC to conduct partial drawdown of Bear Lake in Santa Rosa County beginning in November

  Tuesday, November 7, 2023 -  This partial drawdown, or lowering of lake water levels, will allow for shoreline nuisance aquatic vegetation control. The lake will not close to fishing during this brief wintertime drawdown.