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Open/Closed Status of FWC Offices, Facilities, and Managed Areas

Below is a list of FWC-managed areas and facilities, including wildlife management areas, fish management areas, shooting ranges and regional offices. If an area, in part or all, has been closed due to storm activity/other natural occurrences or for repairs/renovations, it will be noted next to the area's listing. If nothing is noted next to the name of the area, it is open.

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FWC Regions

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Wildlife Management Areas

If an area, in part or all, has been closed due to storm activity/other natural occurrences or for repairs/renovations, it will be noted next to the area's listing. If nothing is noted next to the name of the area, it is open.

Camping Notices: Some WMAs do not offer camping opportunities and others allow camping only during certain times of the year. In addition to checking an area’s open/closed status, please also review the WMA regulations brochure for information about camping. Also, campgrounds with restroom facilities that don't have running water (such as portable toilets and vault toilets) may not be stocked with hand hygiene products. Visitors should bring their own hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for use in these facilities.

Fish Management Areas

For Fish Management Areas' Open/Close status please refer to lead area emergency management website.

Shooting Ranges

Offices

  • Northwest Regional Office/Bay -
  • Apalachicola WEA Field Office/Gulf -
  • Blackwater Fisheries Research & Development Center/Okaloosa - This office will be closed until further notice pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order 25-13, Gulf Winter Weather System.
  • Blackwater Wildlife Field Office/Santa Rosa - This office will be closed until further notice pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order 25-13, Gulf Winter Weather System.
  • Carrabelle LE Field Office/Franklin -
  • Douglas/Carr -
  • DeFuniak LE Field Office -
  • FWRI Field Station/Franklin -
  • Garcon Point Aquatic Research Center -
  • Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center/Gadsden -
  • Joe Budd Field Office/Gadsden -
  • Midway Fisheries Field Office/Gadsden -
  • North Florida Waterfowl Field Station/Leon -
  • Panama City Beach LE Field Office/Bay -
  • Pensacola LE Field Office/Escambia - This office will be closed until further notice pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order 25-13, Gulf Winter Weather System.
  • Russell Park Building/Leon -
  • St. Augustine Road Office/Leon -
  • Tallahassee Headquarters/Leon -
  • Tallahassee Regional Communications Center/Leon -

Wildlife Management Areas

If an area, in part or all, has been closed due to storm activity/other natural occurrences or for repairs/renovations, it will be noted next to the area's listing. If nothing is noted next to the name of the area, it is open.

Camping Notices: Some WMAs do not offer camping opportunities and others allow camping only during certain times of the year. In addition to checking an area’s open/closed status, please also review the WMA regulations brochure for information about camping.  Also, campgrounds with restroom facilities that don't have running water (such as portable toilets and vault toilets) may not be stocked with hand hygiene products. Visitors should bring their own hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for use in these facilities.

Fish Management Areas

For Fish Management Areas' Open/Close status please refer to lead area emergency management website.

  • Alligator Lake
  • Baymeadows
  • Bethesda pond 
  • Camp Blanding area - Lowry and Magnolia Lakes are open Sundays and Mondays during regular hours.
  • Crystal Springs 
  • Eagle Lake - Closed until further notice for dredging.
  • Hanna Park ponds
  • Huguenot Pond 
  • Koon lake
  • Lakes Lochloosa
  • Lang Lake - Closed until further notice. 
  • Montgomery Lake
  • Oceanway Pond
  • Pope Duval East and West ponds
  • Ronnie Vanzant Park 
  • St. Augustine Road ponds (North and South)
  • Suwannee Lake
  • Watertown Lake
  • William Sheffield Park ponds

Shooting Range

Offices

  • North Central Regional Office - Lake City / Columbia - 
  • Andrews Field Office / Levy - 
  • Big Bend Field Office / Taylor - 
  • Camp Blanding Field Office / Clay - 
  • Cedar Key, Senator George Kirkpatrick Marine Lab / Levy - 
  • Crystal River Field Office / Citrus - 
  • Ft White Mitigation Park / Suwannee - 
  • FWRI Wildlife Research Lab / Alachua - 
  • Gainesville Freshwater Fisheries Field Office / Alachua - 
  • Gainesville WIMs Office / Alachua - 
  • Gainesville Wildlife Research Lab / Alachua - 
  • Half Moon Field Office / Sumter - 
  • Inverness Invasive Plant Management Office / Citrus - 
  • Jacksonville Law Enforcement Field Office / Duval - 
  • Jacksonville Regional Communication Center / Duval - 
  • Jacksonville University Field Lab / Duval - 
  • FWRI Freshwater Fish. Field Office / Alachua - 
  • FWRI Yankeetown Lab / Levy - Closed indefinitely 
  • FWRI Fisheries Research / Duval - 

Wildlife Management Areas

If an area, in part or all, has been closed due to storm activity/other natural occurrences or for repairs/renovations, it will be noted next to the area's listing. If nothing is noted next to the name of the area, it is open.

Camping Notices: Some WMAs do not offer camping opportunities and others allow camping only during certain times of the year. In addition to checking an area’s open/closed status, please also review the WMA regulations brochure for information about camping.  Also, campgrounds with restroom facilities that don't have running water (such as portable toilets and vault toilets) may not be stocked with hand hygiene products. Visitors should bring their own hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for use in these facilities.

Fish Management Areas

For Fish Management Areas' Open/Close status please refer to lead area emergency management website.

Bear Creek  

Clear Lake 

Chain of Lakes (Cook, Winona, Palatlakaha, Crescent, Louisa, Minnehaha, Hiawatha, Minneola, Wilson, Susan and Cherry) 

East Lake Tohopekaliga

Fox Lake  

Hal-Scott Lake 

Lake Blue Cypress 

Lake Dias 

Lake Griffin 

Lake Ivanhoe

Lake Jackson 

Lake Lawne  

Lake Marian 

Lake Panasoffkee  

Lake Santiago 

Lakes Tohopekaliga (West Lake Tohopekaliga), Cypress, Hatchineha, and Kissimmee, Osceola and Polk counties 

Lake Underhill 

Pellicer Pond

Secret Lake 

Shadow Bay Park 

South Lake 

Starke Lake 

Turkey Lake 

Shooting Ranges

Indian River County Shooting Range  

Ocala Shooting Range -

Triple N Ranch Shooting Range - 

Offices

Northeast Regional Office/Marion - 

Caravelle Ranch Field Office/Putnam - 

De Leon Springs Field Office/Volusia - 

Eustis Field Office/Lake - 

Florida Bass Conservation Center & Richloam Fish Hatchery/Sumter - 

FWRI Hubbs SeaWorld Field Office/Brevard - 

Guana River Habitat & Species Field Office/St. Johns - 

Indian River FWRI Lab/Brevard - 

Invasive Plant Management (IPM) Orlando Field Office/Orange - 

Kissimmee Field Office/Osceola - 

New Smyrna Beach Field Office at Marine Discovery Center/Volusia - 

Ocala Conservation Center/Marion - 

Palm Bay Field Office/Brevard - 

Prairie Lakes Field Office/Osceola - 

Sanford Regional Communications Center/Seminole - 

Titusville Law Enforcement Field Office/Brevard - 

T.M. Goodwin Field Office/Indian River - 

Triple N Ranch Field Office/Osceola -

Vero Beach USFWS Field Office/Indian River - 

William Beardall Tosohatchee Field Office/Orange - 

Wildlife Management Areas

If an area, in part or all, has been closed due to storm activity/other natural occurrence or for repairs/renovations, it will be noted next to the area's listing. If nothing is noted next to the name of the area, it is open.

Camping Notices: Some WMAs do not offer camping opportunities and others allow camping only during certain times of the year. In addition to checking an area’s open/closed status, please also review the WMA regulations brochure for information about camping.  Also, campgrounds with restroom facilities that don't have running water (such as portable toilets and vault toilets) may not be stocked with hand hygiene products. Visitors should bring their own hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for use in these facilities.

Fish Management Areas

NOTICE: For fish management areas located within city- or county-owned properties, please check with that entity for up-to-date information regarding open/closed status.

  • Al Lopez Park Lake -
  • Bobby Hicks Park Pond- 
  • Dover District Park Lake- 
  • Edward Medard Park Reservoir- 
  • Freedom Lake Park - 
  • Gadsden Park Pond - 
  • Hardee County Park - 
  • Lake Crago - 
  • Lake Istokpoga- 
  • Lake Parker- 
  • Lake Seminole - 
  • Lake Tarpon - 
  • Lake Thonotosassa - 
  • Largo Central Park Nature Preserve - 
  • Manatee Lake - 
  • Marl Pits 1, 2 & 3 - 
  • Middle Lake - Due to the effects of Hurricane Milton, this area is closed until further notice.
  • Mosaic (Lakes Haul Road, Pine East, Pine West, Coulter, SP11, SP12 North, SP12 South, LP 5, LP2 East, LP 2 West and S8) -Open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Saddle Creek Park - 
  • Steven J. Wortham Park Lake - 
  • Tenoroc (Lakes A, B, C, F, G, 2, 3, 4, 5, Butterfly, Fish Hook, Half-Moon, Horseshoe, Hydrilla, Legs, Lost Lake East, Lost Lake West, Tern, Picnic Lake, East Pasture, West Pasture, Cemetery and Derby) - Lost Lake East is closed to public access effective immediately. This closure will be in place until further notice.
    Tern Lake will be closed beginning Dec. 4 until further notice.
  • Walsingham Park Lake - 
  • Webb Lake - 

Shooting Ranges

Offices

  • Southwest Regional Office/Polk - 
  • Babcock/Webb WMA Field Office/Charlotte - 
  • Charlotte Harbor Field Lab/Charlotte - 
  • Chassahowitzka WMA Field Office/Hernando - 
  • Chinsegut Conservation Center/Hernando - 
  • Crooked Lake WEA Field Office/Polk - 
  • Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)/Pinellas - 
  • Florida Youth Conservation Center Apollo Beach/Hillsborough - 
  • Fort Myers WIM Office/Lee - 
  • Florida Youth Conservation Center Apollo Beach/Hillsborough - 
  • Ft. Meyers Law Enforcement Office/Lee - 
  • Florida Youth Conservation Center Apollo Beach/Hillsborough - 
  • Hilochee WMA Field Office/Lake - 
  • Invasive Plant Mgt. Field Office/Polk - 
  • Lake Wales Ridge WEA Field Office/Highlands - 
  • Law Enforcement Field Office/Hillsborough - 
  • Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab/Pinellas - 
  • Marine Fisheries Enhancement Center/Hillsborough - 
  • Platt Branch Mitigation Park Field Office/Highlands - 
  • Tenoroc PUA Office/Polk - 

Wildlife Management Areas

If an area, in part or all, has been closed due to storm activity/other natural occurrence or for repairs/renovations, it will be noted next to the area's listing. If nothing is noted next to the name of the area, it is open.

Camping Notices: Some WMAs do not offer camping opportunities and others allow camping only during certain times of the year. In addition to checking an area’s open/closed status, please also review the WMA regulations brochure for information about camping.  Also, campgrounds with restroom facilities that don't have running water (such as portable toilets and vault toilets) may not be stocked with hand hygiene products. Visitors should bring their own hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for use in these facilities.

  • A-1 FEB PSGHA - Due to construction work, the northwest levee and entire western levee will be closed to all public access until further notice. All boat ramps and parking areas on the eastern and northern part of the area will remain open to the public, but the designated entrance has been moved to the southeast corner of the area (mile marker 53).
  • A.R.M. Loxahatchee NWR - 
  • Allapattah Flats - 
  • Allapattah Flats PSGHA -
  • Big Cypress - 
  • C-23/24 Reservoir PSGHA - Due to construction work, the South Florida Water Management District, has closed the northernmost parcel (off Summerlin Road) to all public access until further notice.
  • CREW - 
  • Dinner Island Ranch 
  • Dinner Island Ranch - Caracara Unit - Due to management constraints, this area is closed to all public access until July 1, 2025.
  • Dupuis - 
  • Dupuis Dove Field PSGHA - 
  • Everglades and Francis S. Taylor - Motorized vehicles, off-highway vehicles, swamp buggies/tracked vehicles, and airboats are prohibited in Water Conservation Area 3A North. Canals and associated boat ramps remain open to public access. The L4 South and L5 South levee roads are closed to motorized vehicular access. Campfires are prohibited throughout Water Conservation Area 3A North, including L4 South and L5 South levee roads.

Fish Management Areas

For Fish Management Areas' Open/Close status please refer to lead area emergency management website.

Shooting Ranges

Offices

  • Regional Office/Palm Beach - 
  • Alligator Project Office/Okeechobee - 
  • Big Cypress Field Office/Collier - 
  • Biological Field Station/Okeechobee - 
  • Corbett WL Management Office/Palm Beach - 
  • Crew WEA Office/Lee - 
  • Dinner Island WL Office/Hendry - 
  • Dupuis Office/Palm Beach - 
  • Fisheating Creek WL Mgt. Office/Glades - 
  • Fla. Keys WEA/Monroe - 
  • Jupiter Office/Palm Beach - 
  • Lake Worth Regional Communications Center/Palm Beach - 
  • Marathon LE Office/Monroe - 
  • Miami Office/Dade -
  • Naples LE Office/Collier - 
  • Okaloacoochee Slough WL Office/Hendry - 
  • South Florida Regional Laboratory/Monroe - 
  • Sunrise Office/Broward - 
  • Tequesta Field Laboratory/Palm Beach -