A section of a national wildlife refuge in north Florida is the latest battleground in the Sunshine State’s war with feral pigs.
State officials announced Jan. 16 in a Facebook post that parts of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge will be closed and hikers along a national scenic trail rerouted starting Jan. 20 when wildlife officials begin “aerial operations” to ”manage” a feral hog population.
Jon Wallace, a project leader for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said in an email that an aerial operation will be conducted in areas lacking roads and trails and along coastal marshes “where there is very poor access.”…