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• FWC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service coordinate to protect manatees

  Thursday, November 18, 2021 -  To facilitate logistics and enhance existing efforts for the winter 2021-2022 response, the Service and the FWC are standing up a Joint Incident Management Team under the emergency response Incident Command System.

• FWC evaluates trapping rules, seeks public input

  Wednesday, November 17, 2021 -  Staff are exploring possible changes to modernize trapping rules to align with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ best management practices in support of species-specific and humane trapping methods.

• Manatees are in motion, it’s Manatee Awareness month

  Thursday, November 4, 2021 -  The FWC is reminding people on the water to slow down and look out for migrating manatees this time of year.

• FWC: Bats in buildings? Fall is the time for exclusions.

  Thursday, October 21, 2021 -  Fall is the ideal time to bat proof your home, after bat pups have been weaned and can fly and search for food on their own.

• FWC seeks landowners to help with gopher tortoise conservation

  Wednesday, September 22, 2021 -  The Gopher Tortoise Recipient Site Program benefits landowners and tortoises and is compatible with other land uses, such as hunting and wetland mitigation.

• FWC seeks public input on beach-nesting birds draft guidelines

  Wednesday, September 15, 2021 -  The FWC is seeking public feedback on draft Species Conservation Measures and Permitting Guidelines for four state-listed beach-nesting bird species including the American oystercatcher, snowy plover, least tern and black skimmer.

• 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 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).

• Sea turtles are hatching on Florida beaches; keep them safe with these tips from FWC

  Thursday, August 19, 2021 -  Sea turtles are protected, so you should allow hatchlings to crawl toward the ocean on their own. Any interference or disturbance, including getting too close, can cause hatchlings to become confused and lose their way.

• FWC seeking feedback on proposed changes to diamondback terrapin rules

  Tuesday, August 17, 2021 -  FWC staff will hold two public webinars during the public comment period that runs Aug. 16 through Sept. 13, 2021.