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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto wants the wildlife agency to renew efforts to designate a “state bird” that is unique to Florida.

Lee County Utilities has rescinded a precautionary Boil Water Notice to an estimated 580 residences in South Fort Myers off Winkler Road.Bacterial testing has shown the drinking water is safe and residents may now resume usual use of their water without the need to boil it.

The Big Cypress National Preserve will temporarily close an area in the northeast corner of the preserve for prescribed fire activity.

Authorities are collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaking from a 4.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast, the National Weather Service reported.The earthquake happened shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials hope they are seeing decreased incidents of what are described as “erratically spinning fish” and smalltooth sawfish deaths in the Florida Keys. Gil McRae, director of the commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, told commissioners Wednesday that a decrease in incidents of spinning fish the past two weeks could be a sign “we're on the tail end of this event.”

The recent distribution of the voracious mosquito larvae predator brings the distribution to more than 24,000 fish since 2018.

Gov. DeSantis signs order making many hunting and fishing licenses 50 percent off through Jan. 3

Environmentalists are taking legal action aimed at stopping Florida sugar growers from burning their fields before harvesting.They say the practice emits…

Florida wildlife authorities are seeking public comment on a first-of-its-kind plan for bringing back the state's 57 imperiled species. The deadline to…