If approved, this would be the first bear hunting season in Florida since 2015. Open forum still going at @MyFWC hearing. Over 150 signed up. Some of the proposed rules include the establishment ...

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has voted to advance a proposal to reintroduce black bear hunting in the state. Photo from John Thomas via Unsplash After a crucial vote ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first bear hunt in Florida in nearly a decade, to take place later this year. Commissioners ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first bear hunt in Florida in nearly a decade, to take place later this year. Commissioners ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Tatton Park is set to host a 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' sculpture trail this summer. The park has teamed up with Wild in Art to create an ...

Florida is close to opening swaths of the state to a black bear hunt, the first since the controversial one in 2015. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 on Wednesday to ...

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first black bear hunt since the last one 10 years ago, which was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only ...

OCALA — The state wildlife commission on Wednesday endorsed Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade, turning aside fears of animal advocates who worry the plan for a December hunt will ...

said he thinks many human-bear interactions are not reported. “They don’t call and report crimes. They take care of crimes themselves. And they’re sure not going to report their interactions with ...

“It is a very conservative harvest we are looking at,” state wildlife official Morgan Richardson said. Florida wildlife officials voted Wednesday to take a major step toward holding the state ...

we are probably going to see more bears move into developed areas. So that’s one reason we want to try to manage bear population growth,” FWC’s director of hunting and game management Morgan ...