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• Youth conservation group celebrates 10 years with online giveaways and events to encourage getting kids outside

  Thursday, December 3, 2020 -  FYCCN maintains over 340 partnerships with camps, aquariums, zoos, community centers, parks, and schools throughout Florida to provide support, equipment, and education aimed at helping to create “the next generation that cares.”

• Snook seasonal closure in Atlantic starts Dec. 15

  Tuesday, December 1, 2020 -  Season closures are designed to help protect snook during vulnerable times such as cold weather.

• FWC virtual meeting Dec. 16-17 open to the public

  Monday, November 30, 2020 -  The meeting will be held virtually due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines using Adobe Connect with a telephone conference line for accepting public comments.

• Snook seasonal closure in Gulf starts Dec. 1

  Monday, November 23, 2020 -  Will remain closed through Feb. 28, 2021, reopening to harvest March 1, 2021.

• FWC’s TrophyCatch ends Season 8 with incredible milestones

  Monday, November 16, 2020 -  The TrophyCatch team was thrilled to recognize and award the anglers who submitted 22 Hall of Fame largemouth bass that were caught, documented and released back into Florida’s waters.

• And the 2020 Lionfish Challenge winners are…

  Tuesday, November 10, 2020 -  The FWC will honor the first place winners in each category at their hometown dive shops via Facebook Live events on Facebook.com/FWCReefRangers.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Toho

  Thursday, November 5, 2020 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Osceola County lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and may impact access to navigation and flood protection.

• New Gulf record lionfish

  Thursday, November 5, 2020 -  Donald C. Vautrinot was spearfishing for red snapper off Destin when he snagged a Gulf record 18.19 inch lionfish.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Sampson

  Thursday, November 5, 2020 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Bradford County lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants.

• Why we need to unite against chronic wasting disease and prevent it from entering Florida

  Tuesday, November 3, 2020 -  This infectious disease of the brain and central nervous system is always fatal for members of the deer family and there’s no known cure or effective vaccine.