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FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Harris
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - The FWC will conduct aquatic plant control on Lake Harris the week of Dec. 6 or the week of Dec. 13, weather permitting. -
Individual charged in bear case in Highlands County
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - FWC officers and biologists responded to a scene and found that one adult female bear and one cub had been shot and killed. -
BearWise® Communities Making a Difference Across the Southeast
Monday, November 29, 2021 - Wildlife agencies throughout the southeast have been working together to develop a strategy for educating the public on best practices to coexist with black bears. -
![U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist Sinead Borchert, FWC Area Bear Biologist Kathrine McCarty, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Nicholas Pulire and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist, Lorraine Ketzler.]()
FWC recognizes two communities as BearWise in northwest Florida
Monday, November 29, 2021 - The FWC is formally accepting the Cypress Dunes community in Santa Rosa Beach and U.S. Air Force Hurlburt Field in Okaloosa County into the BearWise Community Recognition Program. -
![Mike Orlando, Assistant Coordinator of the FWC’s Bear Management Program and Dr. Jay Exum, former Wingfield Reserve HOA board member.]()
FWC recognizes two communities as BearWise in central Florida
Monday, November 29, 2021 - The FWC is formally accepting the Wingfield North and Wingfield Reserve communities in Longwood into the BearWise Community Recognition Program. -
![Bill Reynolds, Stoneybrook HOA President, Valentine Antal, former HOA board member and Chris Boyce, FWC South Area Bear Biologist]()
FWC recognizes the Stoneybrook of Estero community as BearWise
Monday, November 29, 2021 - The FWC is formally accepting the Stoneybrook of Estero community into the BearWise Community Recognition Program. -
Snook seasonal closure in Gulf starts Dec. 1
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 - The recreational harvest season for snook closes Dec. 1 in Gulf state and federal waters, including Monroe County and Everglades National Park, and will remain closed through Feb. 28, 2022, reopening to harvest March 1, 2022. -
New regulations for spot and Atlantic croaker on Atlantic coast effective Dec. 1
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - These changes are part of a coastwide, multi-state conservation strategy for the Atlantic stocks of these species. -
Flounder recreational harvest reopens Dec. 1
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - The minimum size limit for flounder is 14 inches total length and the daily recreational bag limit is five fish per person. -
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TrophyCatch to give away new bass boat in live drawing
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - The five drawing finalists were randomly selected from 36,237 TrophyCatch program registrants and club winners and were announced on the TrophyCatch Facebook Page.
