Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week in Florida and beyond.

Welcome to this week’s Environmental Roundup! Here are the environmental stories this week that caught our eye.

Governor Ron DeSantis was in Southwest Florida on Tuesday along with his wife, Casey DeSantis, to announce a new tool to help people get up-to-date…

A recent investigation by state wildlife officials found thousands of native turtles that were being poached and sold illegally to international markets.…

This week, winds shifted from the west to the east, bringing a patch of red tide closer to shore and depositing dead fish and other sea life onto the…

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is gearing up to enforce a new rule to help discourage the trapping of native songbirds.Craig…

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is helping boat owners clean up damage from Hurricane Michael. The agency is storing wrecked vessels.

A long time Florida developer who was recently appointed to the South Florida Water Management District by Governor Ron DeSantis violated county policy...

Environmental officials are investigating a freshwater turtle die-off in Florida.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced a record number of green sea turtle nests documented this year. With about 39,000 green…