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• Boaters encouraged to be on the lookout during right whale calving season

  Wednesday, December 6, 2023 -  This endangered species is extremely hard to spot and collisions with vessels put passengers and crew at risk and could cause injury or death to right whales.

• FWC Commissioners review proposed rule revisions for wildlife rehabilitation

  Wednesday, December 6, 2023 -  The proposed amendments will increase public safety, improve animal welfare, clarify current rule language, increase professionalism and update requirements for wildlife rehabilitation permittees.

• FWC seeks public input on native plant list

  Wednesday, November 29, 2023 -  The FWC is seeking public input on a draft addendum to the State Wildlife Action Plan. The purpose of this addendum is to incorporate 596 native plant species into the state’s Species of Greatest Conservation Need list.

• FWC to meet Dec. 5 in Orlando

  Monday, November 20, 2023 -  For the full Dec. 5 agenda and links to background reports, go to MyFWC.com/Commission and select “Commission Meetings.”

• Go slow, look out below when on the water this Manatee Awareness Month

  Tuesday, November 14, 2023 -  As temperatures start to dip in the fall, manatees travel to Florida springs, power plant discharge areas and other warm-water sites to overwinter until temperatures rise again in the spring.

• Zone D’s deer season begins tomorrow, Oct. 21

  Friday, October 20, 2023 -  Zone D's deer season starts tomorrow, Oct. 21, with new CWD hunting regulations in place.

• FWC, FDACS hold two additional CWD public meetings prior to hunting season in affected zone

  Thursday, October 19, 2023 -  The meetings provided information about new hunting regulations for the area, sampling and testing procedures, chronic wasting disease, and an opportunity for area residents to ask questions about CWD and CWD management strategies.

• FWC launches new Panther Depredation Compensation Pilot Program

  Thursday, October 12, 2023 -  This program will provide an effective and efficient process to offset economic losses to Florida’s commercial cattle ranchers who experience panther depredations.

• Fall is the time to exclude bats from your structures

  Thursday, October 12, 2023 -  Exclusion is not permitted during bat maternity season, which runs from April 15 - Aug.15.

• FWC launches new public reporting tool to enhance turtle disease research

  Thursday, September 28, 2023 -  the FWC recently launched a new way to report sick, abnormal or dead turtles through a reporting form online at MyFWC.com/TFV1. This data will assist staff and partners as they work to better understand TFV1.