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• FWC, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and Florida State Parks partnering with American Canoe Association for ‘Kayaking 101’ instruction to kick off National Safe Boating Week

  Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -  Now in its third year, this annual event has produced significant results.

• FWC names Parrish Thompson as the Victor Heller Hunter Safety Instructor of the Year

  Wednesday, May 1, 2024 -  The award recognizes a volunteer who significantly advances the cause of safe hunting through extraordinary service in training and education.

• FWC and FDACS to conduct public meeting about chronic wasting disease

  Wednesday, April 3, 2024 -  This meeting will provide information about CWD, updates on the unified agency and partner response, new hunting regulations for the area, and sampling and testing procedures.

• BearWise® tips for spring, as bears become more active

  Thursday, March 28, 2024 -  Black bears are on the move more this time of year in search of things to eat, including female bears that are teaching their cubs where to look for food.

• Go slow, look out below for manatees this spring

  Thursday, March 21, 2024 -  Watching for manatees while boating is always important and spring is a particularly important season for boaters to go slow and lookout below for the slow-moving mammals as they naturally disperse from their winter refuges.

• Consejos para convivir con aligátores

  Wednesday, March 20, 2024 -  Ya que el clima se vuelve más cálido en todo el Estado de Florida, los aligátores se vuelven más activos y visibles.

• Tips to safely co-exist with alligators

  Wednesday, March 20, 2024 -  As the weather gets warmer across the Sunshine State, alligators are becoming more active and visible.

• FWC reminds spring breakers renting boats and personal watercraft to know Florida’s boating safety regulations and rent from a permitted livery

  Friday, March 8, 2024 -  Recent changes to livery regulations and new topics and requirements for boating safety education have been implemented to improve public safety, increase accountability related to liveries and encourage safer operation by boaters.

• FWC to conduct prescribed burn on Lake Seminole

  Tuesday, February 20, 2024 -  The burn area is approximately 1,100 acres, which includes giant cutgrass, phragmites, Cuban bulrush and cattail, that was managed with herbicide last September, along with other associated vegetation.

• FWC to conduct prescribed burn on Lake Okeechobee

  Tuesday, February 20, 2024 -  The burn area is approximately 800 acres, which includes cattail that was managed with herbicide in October 2023, along with adjacent green cattail and other associated vegetation.