FWC REOPENING HUNTING AREAS
September 8, 2004
CONTACT: Willie Puz (561) 625-5132
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will reopen 11 wildlife management areas (WMAs) to hunting and public access effective Friday, Sept. 10 at 12:01 a.m. Anyone accessing the reopened WMAs is encouraged to exercise caution and watch for downed trees or washed out roads.
Three WMAs remain closed to public access until further notice for safety reasons because of flooding, damaged roads and to minimize stress on concentrated animals. FWC employees will continue to coordinate with the Army Corps of Engineers to monitor these areas daily and reopen them as soon as conditions warrant.
Those public lands that remain CLOSED to hunting and public access include:
 | Everglades Wildlife Management Area (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade) |
| Holeyland Wildlife Management Area (Palm Beach) |
| Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area (Palm Beach) |
Those public lands REOPENING to hunting and public access include:
| Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area (Glades) |
| Dinner Island Wildlife Management Area (Hendry) |
| Spirit of the Wild Wildlife Management Area (Hendry) |
| John G. & Susan H. Dupuis, Jr. Wildlife and Environmental Area (Martin, Palm Beach) |
| Jones/Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area (Martin, Palm Beach) |
| J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area (Palm Beach) |
| Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area (Miami-Dade) |
| Frog Pond Wildlife Management Area (Miami-Dade) |
| Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area (Miami-Dade, Monroe, Collier) |
| Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area (Monroe) |
| Crew Wildlife and Environmental Area (Collier, Lee) |
Decisions are still being made on options for those with special alligator hunt permits that were unable to hunt due to the hurricane.
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