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Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission faces questioning on shipwrecked boats, marine debris

Listen: Wrecked or sunken boats and other marine vessels can cause environmental hazards to marine life and pose threats to public safety. State legislators met Thursday to speak with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
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Florida considers a possible bear hunt

Opponents argue that hunting doesn’t reduce human-bear interactions. They called for continuing to use non-lethal options.
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Florida wildlife officials will consider bear managment options

Florida wildlife officials will get an update next week on the state’s black bear management plan.
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Oceanic whitetip sharks are now protected in Florida waters

The FWC’s action brings Florida in line with federal regulations protecting oceanic whitetip sharks.
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Controversial land swap moves forward for an expressway to be built through Split Oak Forest

160 acres of the Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area in Osceola County could be exchanged for 1,550 acres in the region.

FWC says there’s a decrease in ‘spinning’ fish and sawfish deaths in Florida

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials hope it could be a sign “we're on the tail end of this event.”
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Florida will continue to monitor a deer disease even after no detection this year

Wildlife officials have not found any other deer infected with fatal chronic wasting disease after one last year.
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DeSantis sends officers to South Florida to stop people fleeing violence in Haiti

The governor’s office said the state is sending helicopters, boards, aircraft and drones to South Florida as well.
Florida black bear

Shooting a black bear if you feel threatened would be legal under a bill passed by the Florida House

The Florida House on Thursday passed a controversial proposal aimed at allowing people to kill bears in self-defense.
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Manatee deaths decrease in 2023 in Florida

©2024 The News Service of Florida After seeing a surge of deaths in 2021 and 2022, the number of manatees that died in Florida last year dropped to 556, according to preliminary information posted on...
Florida black bear

No bear hunt in sight in Florida

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials confirmed Thursday that the state won’t hold a bear hunt this year.
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Florida braces for more cases of chronic wasting disease in deer

After Florida’s first recorded case of the contagious chronic wasting disease fatal to deer, wildlife officials said other cases are likely.
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