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Apalachicola oyster harvesting halted TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials said Wednesday they hope a full five years won’t be needed to restore conditions in Apalachicola Bay as they suspended wild-oyster harvesting in the bay. Members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the suspension as part of a $20 million restoration effort. The decision came despite pleas from officials in Panhandle communities to cut the time to three years to protect the local oyster brand and to carve out a western portion of the bay used by locals to gather oysters. “I underst...

Good boy! Florida’s new python-sniffing dogs track down first snake New program hopes to eradicate invasive species Brendan Farrington Updated:  Tags:  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently began training Truman and another dog named Eleanor to detect a python's scent and alert handlers when they've come across one. The first success was last week when Truman found an 8-foot (2.4-mete...

Florida’s new python-sniffing dogs have first success tracking down invasive species By Brendan Farrington FWC uses python detector dogs to sniff out invasive snakes Truman and Eleanor are two dogs who are being trained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to track down invasive pythons in the Everglades. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently began training Truman a...

Brendan Farrington Truman sits near an area where he tracked down an 8-foot-python, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Miami-Dade County, Fla. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation is beginning a new program to use dogs to sniff out invasive pythons. (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via AP) December 16, 2020 - 1:36 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Truman, the python-sniffing black Labrador retriever, recently tracked down his first snake in a new program Florida is using to eradicate the invasive species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission re...

Florida halts oyster harvesting near Apalachicola for five years The hope is that the time will allow the oyster population to recover.     Gene Dasher, left, and Frankie Crosby, center, use wire baskets on the end of 14-foot handles to tong oysters while Misty Crosby separates clumps of oysters at Apalachicola Bay, near Eastpoint, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation will shut down wild oyster harvesting for as long as five years. The Commissioners hope that the pause and $20 million in restoration and monitoring, will restore a portion of the oyster fishery. [Mark Wallheiser | ...