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Monarch Butterfly Tagging Festival in Panama City Beach Oct. 28

Panama City Beach Parks Department is hosting a Monarch Butterfly Tagging Festival at Conservation Park on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 12 Noon – 2 p.m. The festival is a citizen science project where the public can get hands on experience with tagging and tracking their own butterflies. There will be educational video clips and displays as well as the live butterflies. This year’s guests will be the Florida Native Plant Society who will be sharing information on host and nectar...

Northwest Florida hunting season dates for 2010-2011

FWC general hunting dates (Seasons and dates are not applicable to wildlife management areas) Season for Northwest Zone Hunting: General gun season reopens Dec.11 – 25. Don’t forget you need a $5 deer license! Zone D – Northwest Florida – Public lands Deer: Crossbow Season: Nov. 29 – Dec. 3 Antlered deer only by crossbow or bow Muzzleloading Gun Season: Dec. 4–10 and Feb. 21–27 – Antlered deer only by muzzleloader, crossbow or bow General Gun Season: Dec. 11 –...

Food plots planted in Point Washington State Forest encourages wildlife habitats

U.S. Forestry and FWC plant grasses to stimulate turkey brooding habitat The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Point Washington and the Florida Fish and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are working together to promote wildlife brooding habitats in the Point Washington State Forest. 18 food plots have been planted on closed road areas throughout the Forest. Working with cost share funding from the National Wild Turkey Federation, Forestry and FWC started with warm season grasses in...