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• FWC stocks 800 yellow perch to restore Dead Lakes population

  Thursday, March 12, 2026 -  FWC biologists, in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, stocked more than 3,000 yellow perch in Dead Lakes in 2024 and an additional 800 yellow perch last month.

• FWC stocks 300,000 Florida bass into Lake George

  Thursday, March 12, 2026 -  FWC recently stocked nearly 300,000 Florida bass in Lake George, part of the St. Johns River system.

• Now is the time to plan for bat maternity season

  Tuesday, March 10, 2026 -  The FWC encourages people to inspect homes and other buildings for roosting bats before the maternity season begins. Florida’s bat maternity season runs each year from April 16 through Aug. 14, when most native bats give birth and raise their young.

• Visit Oscar Scherer State Park on March 21 to celebrate the Florida scrub-jay!

  Monday, March 9, 2026 -  The 17th Annual Florida Scrub-Jay Festival, organized by the FWC, is on Saturday, March 21, at Oscar Scherer State Park in Osprey. This special event honors Florida’s only endemic songbird, the Florida scrub-jay.

• FWC to host public meeting for Jenkins Creek Dredging and Stabilization Project

  Friday, March 6, 2026 -  FWC will conduct a public meeting to present information and receive public comments on the project design plans and restoration goals for the Jenkins Creek Dredging and Shoreline Stabilization Project in Hernando County on March 25.

• FWC invites public to attend 31st Annual Tenoroc Youth Fishing Derby

  Friday, March 6, 2026 -  FWC invites the public to a free youth freshwater fishing derby at the Tenoroc Fish Management Area in Lakeland on Saturday, April 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pre-registration is required and begins March 1.

• Be on the lookout! Wildlife is more active in spring

  Thursday, March 5, 2026 -  Springtime means Florida’s wildlife is stirring. The FWC shares seasonal tips to reduce conflicts and help conserve our native species.

• Help shorebirds, seabirds and wading birds have success this nesting season   

  Wednesday, March 4, 2026 -  With breeding and nesting season beginning for our state’s shorebirds, seabirds and wading birds, the Wildlife FWC is sharing ways that anyone spending time along the coast can help them have nesting success.  

• FWC conducts Lake Okeechobee organic sediment removal

  Monday, March 2, 2026 -  The projects will be completed during natural low-water conditions using mechanical scraping with excavators, dozers and dump trucks, and will run through June.

• Recreational harvest of gray triggerfish opens March 1 in Gulf state and federal waters

  Friday, February 27, 2026 -  Recreational harvest of gray triggerfish will open in Gulf state and federal waters on March 1.