Paddle Tales E-Newsletter

August 2012

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In This Issue

Remembering Dana
Florida's Endangered Manatees
Free Items For Florida Boaters
Manatee Sightings
Free Manatee Resources For Students And Educators
Manatee Q & A
20% Off 2013 Wall Calendars

See this photo by David Schrichte and get a manatee fact.

Remembering Dana
	We recently received the sad news that Dana, one of the longtime adoptees in Save the Manatee Club's Adopt-A-Manatee program, had died on July 14th after suffering injuries from a boat strike that occurred in the St. Johns River. Read more>>
Florida's Endangered Manatees
	Read the article by Katie Tripp, SMC's Director of Science and Conservation, with photos by SMC Executive Director Patrick Rose in Australia's Seagrass-Watch Magazine. This issue also contains other interesting manatee articles and photos (pdf). Go>>
Free Items For Florida Boaters
	You'll be entered in a drawing for five waterway charting products by Navionics when you request our free Boating Safety Packet. The packet has a boat decal with a number for reporting manatee injuries and our new waterway card with protection tips. Go>>
Manatee Sightings
	See photos of Annie's new calf and a manatee caught "mowing" a backyard. There's also video clips of a manatee playing with a floating transmitter, manatee comings and goings, videos of adoptees, and more! Plus, see a delightful new webcomic. Go>>

Free Manatee Education Resources
	School will be starting soon, so check out our free resources for students and educators. Great ideas for projects and activities! Go>>
Manatee Q & A
	Q. Is it common for manatees to have barnacles? Get the answer>>

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2013 Wall Calendars
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Photo Credits: Table of Contents photo © David Schrichte; Remembering Dana, photo by Wayne Hartley/FDEP; Florida's Endangered Manatees, photo by Gregory Sweeney and provided courtesy of Seagrass-Watch Magazine; Free Items for Florida Boaters, photo courtesy Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC); Manatee Sightings, photo by Dan Cyr and provided courtesy of the Citrus County Chronicle; Free Manatee Resources for Students and Educators, photo © David Schrichte; Manatee Q & A, photo courtesy FWC; 2013 Calendar Cover © David Schrichte. Photos or graphics can only be used with permission. Contact Save the Manatee Club for more information.