Brendan FarringtonFebruary 3, 2020
6min668
No bills have been sent to Ron DeSantis' desk yet this Session. That's likely to change.
Tag: bear huntingSouth Ocean Boulevard is staying closed for the time being.
Brendan FarringtonFebruary 3, 2020
Scott PowersJanuary 23, 2020
4min384
Would set minimum $750 fine, three-year hunting license suspension
Guest AuthorMay 25, 20155min212
On June 24 the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will vote on a proposal to open a trophy hunt on Florida’s unique subspecies of black bears. They were removed from the list of threatened species just three years ago. The trouble is, the commission does not have enough information to make this decision and […]
Bruce RitchieApril 15, 2015
6min191
Florida’s wildlife commission voted Wednesday to move forward with a rule to allow bear hunting in response to bear attacks and other encounters in urban areas. Florida had nearly 3,000 black bears in 2002, and they were removed from the state threatened species list in 2012. Bear hunting was banned by the state in 1994 […]
Bruce RitchieApril 15, 2015
3min181
Florida is the only state with more than 600 black bears that doesn’t allow bear hunting, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff said in opening remarks during a commission meeting Wednesday in Tallahassee. And 32 of the nation’s 41 states with black bears allow hunting, said Diane Eggeman, director of FWC’s Division of Hunting […]
Bruce RitchieJanuary 20, 2015
4min269
Florida’s wildlife agency will request a rule change to allow black bear hunting in some areas because of bear attacks and other conflicts with people, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Florida has at least 3,000 bears, up from around 500 in the 1950s. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in 1994 voted to make bear-hunting illegal […]