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Michael Orlando

Michael Orlando

Bear Program Coordinator, FWC

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“Those studies are good for quite a bit of time, based on female survival, birth rates, death rates,” Orlando told the court, defending FWC’s reliance on older data.([wusf.org](https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2025-11-25/judge-refuses-to-halt-floridas-bear-hunt?utm_source=openai))

Stories

Florida’s black bear hunt returns: science, politics and a once–threatened species

Rule Changes

Key scientific voice defending the use and validity of older population data

Florida launched a state-sanctioned black bear hunt on December 6, 2025, the first since 2015. The state allowed 172 lottery-selected permit holders to kill one bear each across four hunting zones. Only 52 bears were harvested by season's end on December 28, per FWC data released December 29.

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