Want to be among the first to find out how to register for the upcoming alligator hunts in Alabama? Or maybe you’ve been out cultivating your garden or flower bed and encountered on of the 41 species of snakes that inhabit the state, but you don’t know which one.
For details on both questions, log into Outdoor Alabama Live, a live webcast hosted by wildlife biologist Marisa Lee of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) that will answer those and many more questions at 6:30 p.m. May 17. Lee will get the latest information from guests Chuck Sharp and Roger Clay, both WFF wildlife biologists. Sharp is known for his expertise on the American alligator, while Clay specializes in snakes and other non-game species in Alabama.
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