Annual FWC wild turkey survey is open for Florida residents

Kenzie James  reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com  The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced on Saturday, June 1, the kickoff of the 2024 Wild Turkey Summer Survey.  The annual survey, open until Saturday, Aug. 31, is for Florida residents to report their sightings of the native bird to help FWC biologists manage the wild turkey population around the state. The FWC website said the survey is part of a larger regional study designed to provide more insight into the distribution and abundance of wild turkeys. The 2023 Wild Turkey Summer Survey Report gathered over 3,100 resident observations, totaling a sighting of 20,595 wild turkeys in 65 of Florida's 67 count