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	<title>The Florida Bass Fishing Experts &#187; Florida Freshwater Conservation</title>
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		<title>Lake Apopka Aquatic Plant Management Meeting January 24th</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing Aquatic Plants in Lake Apopka is the focus of a public meeting in Winter Garden on Tuesday, Jan. 24 hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). The meeting is from 6-9 p.m. in Tanner Hall, 29 W. Garden Avenue in Newton Park, Winter Garden, The goal of this meeting is to solicit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Become FWC’s eyes and ears to protect wildlife</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like most Florida anglers and boaters, you enjoy your time on the water. It&#8217;s an opportunity to get close to nature and break the routine of work, school or retirement. The peaceful challenge of trying to find, attract and catch your piscatorial prey is made possible, in part, by the scientific management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Okeechobee Get Thousands Of New Trees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousand Of Trees To Grace Lake O Region CLEWISTON, FL. &#8211; Taking advantage of dry conditions, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) will plant 6,000 pond apple, cypress and red maple trees to enhance wading bird habitat and restore ecosystems within Lake Okeechobee and Lake Istokpoga. &#8220;Planting trees when water levels are low is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal ban on lead fishing tackle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal to ban all lead in fishing tackle is under consideration by the federal government, and your comments of opposition are needed to counter the threat. This ban proposed in a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and other environmental groups would include not only sinkers and jigs, but components that contain lead, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FWC biologist/Get Outdoors Florida! chairman named Conservation Educator of the Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Wattendorf, a fisheries biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), recently received the “Conservation Educator of the Year” award from the Florida Wildlife Federation. In 2008, Wattendorf initiated an effort to bring together a statewide coalition of agencies, universities and businesses to encourage families and children to participate in nature-based recreation.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bass Fishing Survey for Florida Bass Management Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Florida Angler, Whether you are an occasional angler or an avid, whether you fish with a cane pole in your back yard or traveling to Florida &#8220;The Fishing Capital of the World&#8221; from afar, or if you have a business that depends on quality sportfishing&#8211;we want your opinion. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching spawning Florida bass, will it deplete populations?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida, the bass usually begin spawning in January or February but this year they started at least a month late, said Mike Allen, a fisheries professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Largemouths are the state’s most popular freshwater game fish. To spawn, male bass make shallow nests in the sand, court females, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FWC Wraps Up Two-Day Meeting In Apalachicola</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FWC Press Release: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) waded through numerous high-profile issues during its meeting in Apalachicola Wednesday and Thursday. The meeting opened with a presentation of the 2009 Louise Ireland Humphrey Achievement Award to former FWC Law Enforcement Director Julie Jones. In September, Jones was appointed executive director of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FWC to hold hearings on Florida Largemouth Bass Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.bassonline.com/2009/12/fwc-to-hold-hearings-on-florida-largemouth-bass-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bassonline.com/2009/12/fwc-to-hold-hearings-on-florida-largemouth-bass-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida Fish Busters&#8217; Bulletin December 2009 Bob Wattendorf FWC needs your input on the draft black bass management plan Black bass are the most popular recreational fishes in the United States, but do you know what they are? In the Sunshine State, black bass include Florida largemouth, shoal, spotted and Suwannee basses. We are fortunate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#039;t release exotic pets, it is illegal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published on September 1, 2009 &#8220;Don&#8217;t release exotic pets!&#8221; That&#8217;s the message behind a colorful new poster available through a joint effort between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Florida Outdoor Writers Association (FOWA). The 20&#8243; x 36&#8243; poster, titled &#8220;Some of Florida&#8217;s Exotic Freshwater Fishes,&#8221; displays 17 species of nonnative [...]]]></description>
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