Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) are a popular game fish along the Gulf coast of Northwest Florida. They are highly prized by anglers both as table fare and for their ferocious fighting. As part of an effort to better manage the Cobia fishery, ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Recreation, Wildlife
As a County Agent, I receive a wide variety of calls from clients relating to wildlife. The majority of these calls are quite positive; clients need help improving wildlife habitat or simply need a creature identified to satisfy their curiosity. ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources
It should be too late in the year for an article about cool season food plots; they should already be up and growing, at the very least planted. It’s November, archery season has begun, the fall food plot ship should have already sailed. ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources
If you had plans to go scalloping in St. Joseph Bay over the long holiday weekend I’m afraid you are going to be disappointed. FWC has postponed the opening day of scallop harvesting season in St. Joseph Bay until August 22. The postponement, ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesThe temperature might still be in the 90s but the kids are back in school and football season is starting soon; that means fall is coming and with it, the beginning of hunting season. Here in northwest Florida archery season for deer and turkey ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesWe are well into spring and a wide variety of plants are showing off their colorful blooms. As lovely as most of the blooms are, some springtime colors are an unwelcome sight. Such is the case with the showy, white seedhead that is produced ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesSimilar to Goldilocks’ porridge, water temperature doesn’t need to be too hot or too cold, it needs to be just right for using aquatic herbicides (70o - 80o F). Here in Florida, these optimum water temperatures occur in the spring. Water ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesDeer hunting season has begun in Northwest Florida. As hunters venture into the woods and sit for hours on end they have plenty – sometimes too much – time to contemplate what they could have done or should do to make there hunting experiences ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesAs Floridians we often struggle to find any upside to these cold, gray days we've been experiencing past few months. As “unfloridian” as our winters can be they pale in comparison to those endured by the more northern states. In fact, the ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources