Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for just 172 permits.

A conservation group has filed a lawsuit to stop Florida’s first black bear hunt in more than a decade.

Bear harvest permit applications for this year’s season are set open this week, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The FWC’s plan would issue permits for hunting within bear management units that have at least 200 bears. Activists believe education is a better approach to prevent negative interactions between bears and humans.

Wildlife officials are closing in on a decision to reinstate a regulated bear hunt in Florida.

Katrina McAllister and her family traveled from Ocala to join several others at Lake Eola Park Saturday to speak out against the FWC’s new proposed black bear hunt.

Florida wildlife officials are holding more online meetings this week about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state.

Florida wildlife officials are holding the first in a series of online meetings about the possibility of a return to bear hunting in the state.

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

The executive director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Wednesday the agency is trying to address concerns about increased human-bear conflicts in Franklin County.

A sheriff says Florida needs to find solutions as encounters between bears and humans are increasing.