Texting tips to FWC

A new way to let the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission know about things you see – positive or negative – on Florida’s trails is to send them a text.  Discover a dead alligator, hog, or bear?  Hear shotguns in the woods when it isn’t hunting season? Spot a rare or endangered species in an unexpected place? See a bear rummaging through your garbage? You can now text it in – including photo, if you like – to Tip@MyFWC.com.

The Wildlife Alert Hotline is still available, too, at 888-404-FWCC – a good number to keep in your cell phone – to share tips as well. The new text method, however, is the quietest way to send those tips in from the woods.

Thanks to Willie Howard of the Palm Beach Post for bringing this one to my attention! A long-time outdoor writer for the paper, Willie blogs about the outdoors at Willie’s Outdoor World.