If the information you provide results in a citation or arrest for a violation listed on the Wildlife Alert reward schedule, you may be eligible for the reward that corresponds to the violation level. Your identity is protected by Florida law. If you wish to remain anonymous, you are not re...
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) report obtained by CBS News Miami, 21-year-old Eytan Genoune along with 28-year-old Thomas Frey and 35-year-old Collin Navarro were all three occupants in the vessel when it made a sharp turn and threw them all overb...
Hunting may be on the decline across America, but in Florida, hunters are keeping an over 100-year-old hunting tradition alive. Since 1907, St. Vincent Island has been used as a “wildlife emporium,” according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For three days every fall,hunters des...
“We appreciate the thousands of citizen scientists who have reported gopher tortoise sightings using our original Florida Gopher Tortoise app over the years,” said Michelina Dziadzio, monitoring coordinator for the Wildlife Diversity Conservation Section of the FWC. “These citizen scientists have helpe...
state permit to limit pollutants,” said Heather Hillaker, staff attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center. “Given the harmful toxins present on Active Energy’s property, pollution limits and frequent monitoring are crucial to protect the health of the Lumber River, people, and wildlife....
"The majority of national wildlife refuges were created to be open to hunting, and now hunters everywhere can continue to legally pursue their interests on these great public lands," said Walter "Bud" Pidgeon, USSA president and CEO. "With the end of this prolonged battle, this solidly ...
DRRA Section 1217 amends Section 209(c)(2) of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 196538such that, when assistance is given to communities whose economy has been injured by a major disaster or emergency and which have received a major disaster or emergency declaration under the St...
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service officers said they spotted Mr George from the island and when he got close used rope to help drag him in. But Mr George became wedged on a sandbank and had to carry his vessel out. He has deep tissue damage in his back and has been unable to work...
Animals that are sick, injured, orphaned or abandoned ignite a different response. Generally, public sentiment supports any effort to rescue, treat and return them to sea. Institutions displaying marine mammals showed an early interest in live-stranded animals as a source of specimens -- in 1948...
Bad weather has interfered with efforts to send out boats to clean up the oil and watch for the effects on wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Bird populations are among those at risk of being poisoned by the oil. Bird rescue groups have set up stations. But they say finding injured birds ...