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• Media Statement: FWC developing new guidelines for imperiled beach-nesting birds

  Wednesday, December 15, 2021 -  The Guidelines are designed to be a tool for landowners, consultants, agency partners and other interested parties on how to conserve these species.

• FWC: Governor Ron DeSantis’ Freedom First budget promotes natural resource restoration and supports Florida’s law enforcement officers

  Thursday, December 9, 2021 -  The budget reaffirms Governor DeSantis’ commitment to high priority conservation items including red tide research and manatee rescue, and provides additional resources and support for law enforcement.

• USFWS, FWC, and FPL expand efforts to address Florida manatee mortality event

  Wednesday, December 8, 2021 -  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in cooperation with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), are enhancing ongoing efforts to address the unusual manatee mortality event (UME) along Florida’s Atlantic coast.

• FWC charges 4 with deer and alligator poaching in Dixie County

  Wednesday, December 8, 2021 -  Charges including possession of deer in closed season, taking of deer by illegal method and illegal take/possession of American alligator.

• Protect your boat and crew this right whale calving season

  Thursday, December 2, 2021 -  These endangered mammals are extremely hard to spot and collisions have caused costly damage to boats, put passengers and crew at risk, and injured and killed right whales.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.