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FWC announces $10,000 winner for competition

Call her the Florida Python Challenge Queen: FWC announces $10,000 winner for competition

The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.

WFLA Tampa on MSN · 6h

FWC announces winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the winners of the 2025 Florida Python Challenge™ on Wednesday.

USA Today · 21h

Florida Python Challenge winner nabbed 60 pythons and she's just 4'11"

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013. Meet the 2025 winner, Taylor Stanberry.

FWC Approves Dec. Black Bear Hunt

The Des Moines Register · 1d

FWC approves Florida black bear hunting season amid protests, possible lawsuit

Florida's Wildlife Commission approved a black bear hunting season for December, facing immediate legal challenges from environmental advocates.

WPEC CBS 12 on MSN · 14h

FWC approves black bear hunting rules, permits available for 2025 season

The new rules will establish bear hunting zones within four of the seven existing bear management units. The FWC says in total, 187 permits will be issued across the East Panhandle, North, Central, and South BMUs. Each permit will allow the harvest of one bear within the assigned bear hunting zone.

WPTV · 10h

FWC approves 1st black bear hunt in a decade amid fierce opposition and legal threats

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted unanimously Wednesday to establish a black bear hunting season,

14hon MSN

Sisters in Fort Lauderdale personal watercraft crash were on a guided tour: FWC

A 13-year-old girl died in the crash and her 16-year-old sister is in critical condition at Broward Medical Center.

14hon MSN

FWC rescues man clinging to kayak with head barely above water: ‘You’re one lucky S.O.B.’

A man was rescued after officers found him clinging to his overturned kayak with “his head barely above water,” the Florida ...

19hon MSN

Crowds arrive early as FWC opens doors for bear hunt meeting in Havana

FWC officials said the proposed hunt is aimed at managing Florida’s growing black bear population. The commission is ...

WPEC CBS 12 on MSN14h

FWC K-9 rescues missing diabetic man in Palm Beach County wilderness

A diabetic man lost in the wilds of Palm Beach County was found just in time, thanks to the nose of an FWC K-9.

10h

FWC approves guidelines revisions to support burrowing owl conservation

During Wednesday’s meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a revision in hopes of maximizing ...

WPTV18h

FWC officer, K-9 locate man missing in Holey Land Wildife Management Area

On the morning of Aug. 9, the FWC received a call regarding a missing diabetic man in the Honey Land Wildlife Management Area ...

1don MSN

FWC to vote on opening Apalachicola Bay for limited wild oyster harvest this week

A long five-year wait to return to the waters of Apalachicola Bay for wild oyster harvesters may be nearing an end.

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