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Showing posts with label Save the Manatee Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Save the Manatee Club. Show all posts

7/21/22

RISING MANATEE DEATHS - ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS RESPOND WITH LAW SUIT

ABC : ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SUING OVER RISING MANATEE DEATHS 

by  Ginger Zee, Daniel Manzo, and Tracy J. Wholf.

The lawsuit is againsst the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service for not doing enough.  Hundreds havce died in 2021.

Excerpt: "That excess nutrient causes algal blooms that were so severe that it shaded out the seagrass that manatees and other species depend on.  The seagrass died," Rose said.


5/2/12

GIVE A MANATEE AS A PRESENT? : MANATEE ADOPTION CLUB

"Blue Spring State Park: Twenty manatees who regularly winter at Blue Spring State park near Orange City, Florida, have been chosen as adoptees for one of Save the Manatee Club's five Adopt-A-Manatee programs. Blue Spring's natural spring maintains a year-round temperature of 72 degrees and is an attractive winter refuge for manatees who seek the spring waters when the surrounding river water temperatures become cold.

Linked here!  https://www.savethemanatee.org/