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Pine Island Scallop Search - Volunteer BOAT CAPTAINS and SNORKELERS Needed

 2012 Pine Island Scallop Search - Volunteer BOAT CAPTAINS and SNORKELERS Needed

 

Volunteer BOAT CAPTAINS and SNORKELERS Needed
Pine Island Sound Scallop Search
Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012
8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
 

Help Purchase Camera to Document Florida Panthers in the Wild

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Subject: Help Purchase Camera to Document Florida Panthers in the Wild
Florida Wildlife Federation Florida Wildlife Federation   

Take a Walk to Protect People, Pets, Livestock, Bears and Panthers

Take a Walk to Protect People, Pets, Livestock, Bears and Panthers
What:Volunteer to join us in walking a neighborhood in northern Golden Gate Estates to distribute information to residents on living responsibly with Florida panthers, bears, and other southwest Florida wildlife.
 

Marine Scene News Flash Scallop Season Open July 1- Sept 24, and other Florida Sea Grant Publications

 
 : Marine Scene News Flash Scallop Season Open July 1- Sept 24, and
other Florida Sea Grant Publications

Florida Sea Grant Publications, Volume 2, Issue 2

It's that time of year again:  Scallop season is open - this year it will run through Sept 24.
Check below for latest updated Florida Sea Grant publication on harvesting scallops.  You will also find links to a variety of new Sea Grant publications and information sources.
The latest results of the scallop abundance surveys can be found at: http://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/mollusc/bay-scallops/season/

Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion

Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion
By Larry Perez
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Pineapple Press (March 1, 2012)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1561645133

A plague is spreading throughout the Florida Everglades. Nonnative Burmese pythons--one of the largest snakes on the planet--are now known to be reproducing freely in the shallow waters of the famed River of Grass. Over the past decade, thousands of pythons have made themselves at home across the landscape. And though scientists work feverishly to learn as much as possible about this unprecedented invader, methods of control remain elusive.

Capt. Denis Grealish retires


Fort Myers' top water cop says goodbye
http://www.news-press.com/article/20120625/ENT13/306250016/1007/RSS0105
Written by
Kevin Lollar
 
When Capt. Denis Grealish boarded a Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission boat last week for his last patrol before retirement, he couldn’t find the keys.
So the commander of FWC’s Fort Myers Field Office pulled out his smartphone and called the office.
“We didn’t have all these high-tech devices when I started,” said Grealish, whose last day on the job was Thursday. “We were lucky to get hold of somebody on the state radio in those days.”
Those days were the 1970s, when Grealish joined what was then the Florida Marine Patrol.

Corkscrew Director Ed Carlson retires

By Ed Carlson
Retiring Director of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
 
My life story is pretty simple.
Forty four years ago I fell in love with a magical ancient forest. I got a job there and never left.
That's about it.
I have traveled throughout North America and a couple of other continents, but the old growth cypress forest and boardwalk at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is my favorite place on the planet. Think about a place where the earth's cold temperate life forms mingle with the warm tropical lovers. Then mix them all together in a heavenly liquid wetland nurturing everything from teeming aquatic creatures and flowers to mighty trees and majestic wading birds.
This place transcends the Muir Woods with bull gators and otters! Even after a lifetime of exploration I have not seen enough of this living masterpiece.

FWC Meeting

FWC to meet June 27-28 in Palm Beach Gardens
News Release
Monday, June 18, 2012
Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 (marine fisheries issues); or
Susan Smith, 850-488-8843 (other issues)

 
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will meet June 27-28 at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens to discuss the bear management plan, federal endangered species designations, changes in hunting and saltwater harvest opportunities and the newest phase of its anchoring and mooring pilot program, among other issues.

Bill to Address Burmese Python Invasion

Hastings Introduces Bill to Address Burmese Python Invasion of the Everglades
 

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