The Florida black bear has come back from numbering just a few hundred decades ago to more than 4,000 bears today. It’s a conservation success story by any measure. We divide the population into seven ...

WATCH: A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officer rescued a kayaker who was in distress in Marathon, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said 800 law enforcement officers were now credentialed with 287(g) ...

Wildlife advocates are gearing up to protest across the state against a controversial proposal to bring back the Florida ...

From its pre-Columbian peak, the Florida black bear population fell precipitously. Between unregulated hunting and habitat loss, bear populations dwindled. By the 1970s, the Florida black bear had ...

The protests are timed to take place only days before the FWC is scheduled to vote August 13-14 on approving rules for a ...

The FWC’s plan would issue permits for hunting within bear management units that have at least 200 bears. Activists believe education is a better approach to prevent negative interactions between ...

August 13, 2025 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is set to vote on the state's first bear hunt in a decade, sparking heated opposition from conservation groups like Sierra ...

Nearly 800 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission law enforcement officers across the state have obtained their ...

Florida wildlife officials are moving forward with plans to reinstate a state-sanctioned bear hunt, a decision drawing both support and opposition in the wake of the state’s first fatal bear attack ...

Body camera footage captured the moment when a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer rescued a kayaker ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Bear hunting could soon return to Florida for the first time in more ...