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• FWC Office of Inspector General undergoing reaccreditation assessment

  Tuesday, February 15, 2022 -  The OIG received its initial accreditation in 2013 and was reaccredited in 2016 and 2019.

• Prescribed burn planned on Lake Okeechobee

  Thursday, February 10, 2022 -  The FWC, in coordination with the SFWMD, plan to conduct a prescribed burn in Dyess marsh on the west side of Lake Okeechobee during the week of Feb. 14, weather permitting.

• Love to turkey hunt? Be in the know about wild turkey management!

  Tuesday, February 1, 2022 -  To ensure healthy wild turkey populations throughout Florida and provide sustainable hunting opportunities, the FWC's wild turkey management program continues to work on several objectives outlined in the strategic management plan including monitoring wild turkey abundance and distribution and improving wild turkey habitat on public lands.

• Spotted seatrout: Western Panhandle harvest closes Feb. 1

  Friday, January 28, 2022 -  Spotted seatrout harvest will reopen in the Western Panhandle Region March 1, 2022.

• FWC officers in Tampa prepare for Gasparilla boat parade with refresher training on BUI enforcement

  Friday, January 28, 2022 -  The FWC wants to remind this Saturday’s event vessel operators that boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs can have fatal consequences and is never worth the risk.

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

  Thursday, January 27, 2022 -  For more information about snook, visit MyFWC.com/Marine and click on “Recreational Regulations” and “Snook.”

• FWC to hold public meeting on proposed black crappie regulation change at Lake Jackson, Osceola County

  Tuesday, January 25, 2022 -  The meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, at the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area field office on Three Lakes WMA.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Yale

  Monday, January 24, 2022 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Lake County lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and could impact access to navigation.

• FWC responds to bear incident in Daytona Beach

  Thursday, January 20, 2022 -  The man received non-life-threatening injuries from a bear while attempting to protect his dogs. The man’s dogs were not injured.

• St. Johns River blue crab trap closure ending early

  Wednesday, January 19, 2022 -  Recreational and commercial blue crab traps can be placed back in all waters of the St. Johns River system starting Friday, Jan. 21.