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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.

Updated May 10