For the first time in a decade, the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working up a proposal for a ...

FWC data provides no evidence that current black bear populations have reached or exceeded the carrying capacity of their habitat anywhere in Florida.

The brown bear is listed as least concern. Bear hunting was lucrative until the 1980s and hide and bile were traded for high prices. But with growing environmental awareness and changes to ...

The hunt is planned for December 2025 ... nature photographer James Paul Mayo spotted a mother brown bear and her three cubs walking down his street in Collier County. The FWC lists a February ...

But the proposed hunt from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ... In January, nature photographer James Paul Mayo spotted a mother brown bear and her three cubs walking down his street in Collier ...