Jesse SchecknerFebruary 15, 2024
8min0
Florida black bears are generally shy and afraid of humans.
Tag: Black bearA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Jesse SchecknerFebruary 15, 2024
Scott PowersApril 22, 2021
3min3659
The bill seeks to preserve natural wildlife corridors for panthers, black bears.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 5, 2020
5min421
HB 327 passed on a 116-0 vote.
Larry GriffinJanuary 13, 2017
4min474
Black bear activist and former Senate candidate Chuck O’Neal of Orange County is trying again with the black bear protection bill he coordinated on last year with Darren Soto – though this year he’s working with newly-elected Senator Linda Stewart, as Soto has moved on to higher planes of governance. The bill, which was only in draft […]
Joe HendersonJune 21, 2016
5min228
You can never take a moment off in politics, so when Lisa Montelione saw an opportunity Tuesday morning, she got busy. A frisky black bear had climbed up a tree about two blocks from her home in north Tampa. While authorities worked to safely remove the animal, Montelione was thinking ahead. “I told them they […]
Guest AuthorJune 19, 2016
6min417
On June 22, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will discuss whether to open another Florida black bear hunt. It was a bad idea last year, and it’s a bad idea this year, especially now that a group of knowledgeable Florida scientists has sent a detailed letter to the state’s wildlife agency. They make […]
Drew WilsonJanuary 11, 2016
3min389
A Democrat who led protests during the black bear hunting season last year has filed to run for Senate District 11 seat according to Florida Division of Elections records. Real estate investor and former League of Women Voters Vice President Chuck O’Neal filed to run for the seat Jan. 8, just two months after announcing […]
Associated PressOctober 25, 2015
5min203
Florida wildlife officials closed two regions after the first day of bear hunting after the areas met the limit on the number of bears allowed to be killed during the first statewide hunt in more than 20 years. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission closed the east Panhandle and central Florida region after 99 […]
Associated PressOctober 24, 2015
1min166
Wildlife officials are investigating after a bear attacked a man outside Eastpoint motel. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials say Charles Griffin was walking near the Sportsman’s Lodge Motel and Marina on Friday night when he encountered a bear. He was released after being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. Wildlife officials are conducting trapping efforts. The […]
Associated PressOctober 23, 2015
5min197
Hunters for the first time in more than 20 years will trudge through Florida woods on Saturday to legally kill black bears, a contentious wildlife management action that has activists taking to the streets in protest. Florida wildlife officials have sold more than 3,200 permits to hunters from all over, including 1970s rocker Ted Nugent […]