Proposals for a sanctioned bear hunt are expected to be complete by May 2025, and will be discussed again at FWC’s commission ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will consider hunt proposals at its May meeting, it decided Wednesday.

Florida could be inching toward another sanctioned bear hunt. On December 11, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

Officials will present proposals and updated data in May before FWC makes a decision on what could be the state’s first bear ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday directed officials to bring forward proposals for a ...

On Wednesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission directed officials to bring forward proposals for a ...

Florida could move toward its first sanctioned bear hunt in nearly a decade. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

The commission will consider proposals, including potentially approving a bear hunt, at a future meeting, possibly as early ...

Bear hunting has long been controversial in Florida, and the only approved hunt in recent decades occurred in October 2015. The hunt included a limit of one-bear-per-hunter. Hunting permits were sold ...

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering a proposal to reinstate bear hunting in the state, ...

Servheen’s metapopulation approach hinges on a key principle: connectivity between the still isolated populations. That would improve genetic diversity, increase resiliency to demographic shifts and ...