Photos available The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is holding regional workshops to present information on opportunities for local governments to help conserve gopher tortoises and other state-listed species in Florida. The goal …
Pictures available The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) began a major aquatic habitat restoration effort on Lake Walk-in-Water this month. The FWC is transplanting a total of 24,000 eelgrass plants on Lake Walk-in-Water, a 7,500-acre …
Photos available: https://www.flickr.com/gp/myfwcmedia/n9V0L2 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will tackle one of Lake Okeechobee’s most widespread and noxious invasive plants — Torpedograss (Panicum repens). The FWC will manage …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in partnership with Wildlife Forever, is eager to announce the winners of the Florida State Fish Art Contest this year. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade submitted their artwork in this …
The Northwest Fork of the Loxahatchee River in Martin County is getting an aquatic habitat boost. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in partnership with the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida and Jonathan Dickinson State …
At its May meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved regulation changes for cobia in state waters. Changes effective July 1, 2022, include: Increasing the minimum size limit from 33 inches to 36 inches fork length for …
At its May meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a temporary modification to the 2022 recreational blueline tilefish season in Atlantic state waters. The 2022 recreational season for blueline tilefish will be open …
At its May meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved proposed management regions and regulation changes for redfish in state waters. The proposed rule changes would: Modify the redfish management regions. Prohibit …
At its May meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved largemouth bass regulation changes for Fellsmere Water Management Area (commonly known as Headwaters and Egan Lakes). The rules include catch and release of all …
At their May 3-4 meeting, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Commissioners approved increasing hunting hours for the statewide alligator hunt and adding precharged pneumatic airbows to the legal methods of taking an alligator. …
At its May meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) unanimously approved staff moving forward with proposed regulations changes to size and/or bag limits for black crappie on specific Florida waterbodies. FWC’s freshwater …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is excited to announce the eighth annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Festival May 14 and 15 at HarborWalk Village in Destin. Come out and celebrate the fight against invasive lionfish with the …
Starting May 1, the following regulations will go into effect for recreational harvest of dolphinfish in Atlantic state waters: Five fish per person daily recreational bag limit. 30 fish per vessel private recreational daily vessel limit. These new …
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/gp/myfwcmedia/2Yy129 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is planting approximately 1,500 native trees in the northwest marsh of Lake Okeechobee beginning this week. This new habitat addition, which is …
This Friday through Sunday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host the second weekend of its annual Florida WildQuest event, a fun and family-friendly scavenger hunt experience. This weekend’s event takes place on six …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will begin a major aquatic habitat restoration effort on Lake Istokpoga this May. The FWC is planting more than 140,000 native aquatic plants on Lake Istokpoga, a 28,000-acre natural lake in …
With shorebird and seabird nesting season underway, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) thanks building owners for hosting species such as black skimmers, least terns, roseate terns and American oystercatchers that nest on their …
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Michael Van Nostrand, 55, of Davie and Strictly Reptiles, Inc. have been sentenced for the illegal harvest of Florida turtles. “The illegal trade of wildlife, and in particular turtles, is a …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will conduct aquatic plant control on Lake Apopka in Lake and Orange counties the week of April 25, weather permitting. The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in areas where it is encroaching on …
DESTIN, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the 2022 Gulf red snapper recreational season which will total 57 days, the longest season since the state assumed management of red snapper and will include both a summer and fall season. Those fishing …
