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• May is lionfish time: festivals, tournaments, restaurants and more

  Monday, May 3, 2021 -  Join us in celebrating the 7th annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival May 15-16 (10 a.m.-5 p.m. CT) at AJ’s Seafood and Oyster Bar and HarborWalk Village in Destin.

• Natural beauty blooms at Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area

  Friday, April 30, 2021 -  One of the best ways to see Florida’s fantastic native wildflowers is to visit a wildlife management area.

• FWC encourages safe boating during Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival

  Thursday, April 29, 2021 -  Law enforcement agencies will be helping keep people safe by looking for reckless or careless vessel operation and enforcing boating under the influence on any impaired vessel operator.

• Connect to nature and history at Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area

  Thursday, April 29, 2021 -  This particular creek is home to sights that can’t be found anywhere else in Florida.

• FWC recognizes Alachua County landowner for wildlife conservation efforts

  Wednesday, April 28, 2021 -  Jim Fischer, owner of Hatchet Creek Tree Farm in Alachua County, was recently recognized by the FWC for his outstanding wildlife habitat management efforts, as part of the agency’s Wildlife Habitat Recognition Program.

• Discover nature at L. Kirk Edwards Wildlife and Environmental Area

  Tuesday, April 27, 2021 -  The WEA offers a variety of activities including hiking, paddling, fishing, waterfowl and other hunting, and wildlife viewing.

• FWC helps pet owners prepare for new invasive reptile rules taking effect April 29

  Monday, April 26, 2021 -  Working with a variety of partners, the FWC is holding Tag Your Reptile Day events throughout the state to offer pet owners an opportunity to have their pet green iguanas or tegus microchipped for free.

• Governor Ron DeSantis Announces 2021 Gulf Red Snapper Season

  Friday, April 23, 2021 -  Governor Ron DeSantis announced the popular 2021 Gulf red snapper recreational season is set to open June 4 and run through July 28, with a possible fall reopening if quota is available.

• Grouper, hogfish and blueline tilefish seasons reopen May 1 in Atlantic

  Friday, April 23, 2021 -  The following species will reopen to recreational harvest May 1 in Florida state and federal waters of the Atlantic: hogfish; blueline tilefish; gag, black, red, yellowmouth and yellowfin grouper; scamp; red hind; rock hind; coney; and graysby.

• Greater amberjack reopens to recreational harvest in Gulf waters May 1-31

  Friday, April 23, 2021 -  After an annual season spawning closure in June and July, recreational harvest of Gulf greater amberjack is scheduled to reopen again Aug. 1-Oct. 31.