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FWC, DEP, DACS enhance service to Floridians
For immediate release: June 26, 2012 FWC Contact: Katie Purcell, 850-459-6585 DEP Contact: Patrick Gillespie, 850-245-2115 FWC, DEP, DACS enhance service to Floridians On July 1, officers and staff from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services (DACS) will be combined with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation […]
Free Kids’ Fishing Clinic promises day of learning, fun
For immediate release: June 25, 2012 Media contacts: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943; Joy Hill, 352-620-7335 Free Kids’ Fishing Clinic promises day of learning, fun Teaching children a lifelong hobby, instilling appreciation for our marine environment and providing fun, family outings are the objectives for the Kids’ Fishing Clinic in Cape Canaveral on June 30. The Florida […]
Texas fisherman prevails in epic battle with enormous alligator gar
Whether Brent Crawford has captured the world’s largest alligator gar will never be known — his scale bottomed out emphatically at 300 pounds and he filleted the prehistoric-looking fish after attempting to obtain its weight. But this much is clear: The gar Crawford landed while bow-fishing recently in Texas’ Lake Corpus Christi is among the […]
The TEXAS DPS – New 36 ft. Patrol/Gunboat
(Story is unverified and presented as submitted for your entertainment) ——————————————————— The TEXAS DPS – New 36 ft. Patrol/Gunboat [pictured at the Homer Garrison Law Enforcement Academy , in Austin] Designed and built to patrol Falcon Lake . . . The armaments onboard Include 5 – static mounted [2 dual & 1 single] FN M240B […]
Gainesville man injured by alligator
Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 Gainesville man injured by alligator A Gainesville man was bitten by an alligator Monday as he was swimming. James Albert Wimmer (DOB 05/29/61) was in a small creek off SE 16th Avenue in Gainesville at 4:30 p.m., when a 9-foot-7-inch alligator bit his right shoulder, left forearm and his back, according […]