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• Recreational harvest of red porgy closes in Atlantic state and federal waters on July 1

  Friday, June 30, 2023 -  Will remain closed through April 30, 2024.

• Help shorebirds and sea turtles when at the shore

  Thursday, June 29, 2023 -  Do your part to help sea turtles and shorebirds have a successful nesting season by giving them space, removing beach furniture and trash before leaving for the day, keeping beaches clean and dark, and never disturbing their nests.

• Bay scallop season opens July 1 in Franklin-Jefferson, NW Taylor and Levy-Hernando counties

  Wednesday, June 28, 2023 -  The 2023 recreational bay scallop season for Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, a portion of northwest Taylor, Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties opens July 1 and will remain open through Sept. 24.

• FWC, FDACS and partner agencies to conduct public meeting to discuss chronic wasting disease in north Florida

  Wednesday, June 28, 2023 -  The meeting will provide information about chronic wasting disease and an opportunity for area residents to ask questions about CWD and CWD management strategies.

• FWC names Brian Smith new director of the Division of Law Enforcement

  Friday, June 23, 2023 -  Col. Smith will oversee more than 1,000 employees who protect Florida’s natural resources and provide public safety on state lands and waters in the FWC’s Division of Law Enforcement.

• Find a fawn? If you care, leave it there

  Wednesday, June 21, 2023 -  If you find a fawn that you think is abandoned, do not touch it, pick it up or remove it from its natural environment. Instead, leave it alone and quietly move away from the area.

• FWC, FDACS and partner agencies issue emergency order, implement management actions to monitor and protect against possible spread of CWD in north Florida

  Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -  The FWC and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have implemented management actions and an executive order to protect against the possible spread of CWD.

• FWC conducts plant control on Lake Okeechobee

  Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -  The FWC will treat invasive Wright’s nutrush (Scleria lacustris) in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native emergent vegetation and could impact access to navigation.

• FWC, FDACS and partner agencies activate chronic wasting disease response plan after disease detected in Florida white-tailed deer

  Thursday, June 15, 2023 -  The FWC has confirmed that a road-killed 4.5-year-old female white-tailed deer in Holmes County sampled during routine surveillance activities has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).

• FWC announces winner of the School Fishing Club Conservation Project Competition

  Wednesday, June 14, 2023 -  The FWC School Fishing Club Program congratulates the Chambers High School fishing team as the Grand Prize winners of FWC’s School Fishing Conservation Project Competition.