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Roundup of news headlines produced for WMNF Community Radio: DOGE audit, black bear hunt, term limits, and K-12 book removal bill.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will hear from the public about a potential black bear hunt.

Florida wildlife officials will hold a series of online meetings in March and April about the possibility of a return to bear hunting.

Listen: Wrecked or sunken boats and other marine vessels can cause environmental hazards to marine life and pose threats to public safety. State legislators met Thursday to speak with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...

Opponents argue that hunting doesn’t reduce human-bear interactions. They called for continuing to use non-lethal options.

Florida wildlife officials will get an update next week on the state’s black bear management plan.

The FWC’s action brings Florida in line with federal regulations protecting oceanic whitetip sharks.

160 acres of the Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area in Osceola County could be exchanged for 1,550 acres in the region.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials hope it could be a sign “we're on the tail end of this event.”

Wildlife officials have not found any other deer infected with fatal chronic wasting disease after one last year.

The governor’s office said the state is sending helicopters, boards, aircraft and drones to South Florida as well.

The Florida House on Thursday passed a controversial proposal aimed at allowing people to kill bears in self-defense.