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• 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.

• 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.