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Florida Alert!  TWO (2) Pro-Gun Bills Up in Committee on Monday 3/3/14 DATE:   February 28, 2014 TO:      USF & NRA Member and Friends FROM:  Marion P. Hammer            USF Executive Director            NRA Past President THE FIRST BILL: Senate Bill 296 by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) is scheduled for its 1st hearing in the […]

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For immediate release: February 26, 2014 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-487-0554   Photos available on FWC Flickr site: Go to http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyFwpBL. Video available on FWC YouTube site: Go to http://youtu.be/5wJKeV7nHtg.   ‘Ladies, Let’s Go Fishing!’ weekend offers angling fun in Matlacha Women are invited to explore the finest of fishing at the next “Ladies, Let’s Go […]

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FWC to hold public meetings for input on managing bears in central Florida In March, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will hold seven public meetings to discuss conservation and management of black bears in central Florida and how people can get involved. Under the FWC’s Florida Black Bear Management Plan approved in […]

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For immediate release: February 25, 2014 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943   Gulf reef fish workshops scheduled for March The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting several public workshops in early March to gather public input on a proposal that would improve recreational reef fish data collection. The proposal would create a mandatory […]

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For immediate release: February 25, 2014   Snook to reopen in Gulf state waters The recreational harvest season for one of Florida’s premier game fish, snook, reopens on March 1 in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico state and adjacent federal waters, including Everglades National Park and Monroe County. The season will remain open through April 30. […]

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