Category: outdoors

The University of Florida, West Florida Research and Education Center is having its first ever Fall Harvest Dinner on Friday, October 24, at West Florida Research and Education Center’s research faci…

Due to a number of reports of people taking fawn deer out of the wild, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding people that the practice is potentially deadly for the …

Florida hunters planning to hunt deer, moose or elk out of state this year need to be aware of certain laws and regulations aimed at preventing chronic wasting disease (CWD) from entering our state. …

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week;
however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.
 
Patrol, Protect, Preserve
 
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Ella Mae, the little red hen, lays her egg in a rubber tub in Grandma’s bedroom every other day. Grandma is 95 years old and allows the hen to come in and give her a present. The hen insists on comin…

FWC Law Enforcement Weekly Report

July 17, 2015 thru July 23, 2015

Watch out for flying swarms of sex crazed insects

When someone catches sight of a panther or black bear and reports it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the agency’s biologists may use that sighting to help research and…

The story played out like an ancient tale of man versus dragon. Sent out by literally the luck-of-the-draw, a man on his first hunting quest, with his best friend and experienced crew, slew a prehist…