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• FWC: Bats in your building? Now’s the time to check.

  Tuesday, February 9, 2021 -  If you find any, you still have time to exclude them before bat maternity season begins.

• You’re invited to a black crappie regulations review virtual public meeting for the St. Johns River

  Tuesday, February 9, 2021 -  The objective of the conversation will be to gather stakeholder input on current black crappie regulations and will focus on statewide opinions as well as resource specific regulations.

• FWC virtual meeting Feb. 25-26 open to the public

  Monday, February 8, 2021 -  The Adobe Connect link for this meeting will be provided on MyFWC.com closer to the meeting date. Stakeholders may also choose to watch The Florida Channel broadcast at TheFloridaChannel.org. Those watching via the Florida Channel can utilize the telephone conference line to call in for public comment.

• Keep pets and backyard animals from becoming prey to coyotes

  Thursday, February 4, 2021 -  To help avoid conflicts with coyotes and other predators, take proactive measures by removing food sources including unsecured trash and pet food, and securing pets and small livestock as they can become prey to coyotes.

• Get ready for spring turkey season with updated information and tools from the FWC

  Monday, February 1, 2021 -  The FWC recently launched a new map that shows the predicted quality of habitat based on the location, amount and arrangement of habitat needed throughout a wild turkey’s home range and life cycle.

• FWC: Conservation Remains Priority in Governor’s Budget

  Thursday, January 28, 2021 -  The budget will continue to support high priority conservation items, such as red tide research and invasive species management.

• Fish attractors deployed in Lake Apopka thanks to public-private partnership

  Tuesday, January 26, 2021 -  Fish attractors concentrate fish where anglers can easily catch them, which provides greater fishing opportunities for Florida anglers.

• Lake Walk-In-Water conservation project complete

  Tuesday, January 26, 2021 -  With help from Polk County Parks and Natural Resources, FWC biologists deployed 40 individual artificial trees at each of the seven fish attractor sites selected throughout the lake for a total of 280 trees deployed.

• You’re invited to black crappie regulations review virtual public meetings for central Florida waterbodies

  Friday, January 22, 2021 -  The objective of the conversations will be to gather stakeholder input on current black crappie regulations and will focus on statewide opinions, as well as resource specific regulations.

• Snook slated to reopen in Atlantic state waters Feb. 1

  Friday, January 22, 2021 -  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) encourages anglers to carefully handle and release snook you are not going to keep, which helps them survive after being released and helps ensure the species’ abundance for anglers today and generations to come.