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• Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in 8 counties for October

  Thursday, September 16, 2021 -  Those interested in attending a course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/hunting, then clicking on “Hunter Safety” or by calling the FWC’s regional office in Lake City at 386-758-0525.

• Be BearWise: Follow FWC’s bear necessities this fall

  Tuesday, September 14, 2021 -  The FWC reminds you to help protect both people and bears by securing garbage and other items that could attract these animals to your yard or neighborhood.

• FWC urges safe boating practices during Labor Day holiday weekend

  Friday, September 3, 2021 -  Boaters are reminded not to operate vessels under the influence. In addition to decreasing the operator's ability to make sound judgments, the consumption of alcohol also negatively affects the ability of passengers to respond in the case of an emergency on the water.

• Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in four counties in September

  Friday, September 3, 2021 -  Those interested in attending a course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/HunterSafety or by calling the FWC’s regional office in Panama City at 850-265-3676.

• FWC temporarily prohibits take of freshwater softshell turtles and yellow-bellied sliders

  Thursday, August 26, 2021 -  These temporary regulation changes were made to help conserve freshwater turtle species that continue to be affected by a fatal disease caused by a virus called Turtle Bunyavirus (TBV).

• Bay County Shooting Range to reopen Aug. 26 

  Friday, August 20, 2021 -  Due to facility issues, the Bay County Shooting Range is closed beginning Friday, Aug. 20 at noon CT and is expected to reopen Thursday, Aug. 26 at 9 a.m. CT.

• Hunter safety internet-completion courses offered in 9 counties for September

  Monday, August 16, 2021 -  Those interested in attending a course can register online and obtain information about future hunter safety classes at MyFWC.com/hunting, then clicking on “Hunter Safety” or by calling the FWC’s regional office in Lake City at 386-758-0525.

• Palm Beach County to get improved waterway marker signs 

  Friday, August 13, 2021 -  The FWC is performing routine maintenance and replacing degraded waterway signs in the existing boundaries of the manatee protection zones and the boating restricted areas.

• Six idle-speed, no-wake zones on Suwannee, Santa Fe now active

  Tuesday, August 10, 2021 -  An idle-speed, no-wake zone means a vessel must proceed at a speed no greater than what is required to maintain steerageway and headway.

• Four idle-speed, no-wake zones on Santa Fe active

  Monday, July 12, 2021 -  An idle-speed, no-wake zone means a vessel must proceed at a speed no greater than what is required to maintain steerageway and headway.