FWC expects a big crowd at their June meeting in Eastpoint

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet in Franklin County in June, and it could be an exciting event.

FWC meetings are usually well attended and bring hundreds of people and some good advertising for the area.

The FWC is expecting a bigger crowd than usual for their June meeting because they are going to discuss holding another black bear hunt this year, and there are a lot of people with strong feelings on that particular issue.

Florida held its first black bear hunt in over 20 years last year - it ended after only two days.

295 black bears were killed during the hunt.

There are a number of people who feel the black bear hunt is unnecessary and that the black bear population is not yet large enough to handle hunting.

There are also a lot of people who feel the black bear hunt is needed to control the population and keep bears out of neighborhoods.

The FWC had planned to meet in the courthouse in Apalachicola, but have changed the venue to the Franklin County School so there will be more parking and room for the expected crowd.

The meeting will be held June the 22^nd and 23^rd.

This will be the fourth time the FWC has met in Franklin County over the past 5 years.

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