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Current Manatee News Features

Put Your Best Foot Forward At Manatee 5K
On May 19th in Mt. Clemens, MI. Register online>>

Memorial Day Weekend Manatee Reminder —
All Eyes On The Water


After Rehab Stint, Manatee's Back Home In The Waters Of Tampa Bay
Read more and see video at the Tampa Bay Times
See a before and after comparison photo of Petunia
and get more photos of the release.

New Manatee Protection Zones Coming To Flagler County
Read a news release from the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission


Service Moves Forward With Kings Bay
Manatee Refuge Designation


Big Gifts for Best Dads, Everywhere!

Tepee The Manatee: A New eBook For "The Curious,
The Young, And All Those Who Are Young At Heart"

By Helen Digges Spivey, Co-Chair, SMC Board of Directors

3-Day-Old Manatee Rescued At Naval Station Guantanamo Bay
Read more and see a photo at MyFoxOrlando

Manatee Released After Months Of Rehab
Many thanks to the FWC and SeaWorld rescue and rehab staff!
Read more and see the video at News4Jax.com

Three New Manatees Added To Adoption Program

Protecting Manatees In Costa Rica

Council Fetes Longtime Community Servant (pdf)
Citrus County "Avatar" (pdf)
Read articles in the Citrus County Chronicle on an award
recently given to Helen Spivey, SMC Board of Directors Co-Chair
Congratulations Helen!

Blue Spring State Park: A Lesson Learned
Read more and see photos in Pulse Magazine

Marine Mammal Aerial Survey Completed On The Coast Of Belize
Read more at LoveFM Radio

FWC Denies Group's Kings Bay Petition
Read an article in the Citrus County Chronicle

FWS Rule Now Law On Kings Bay
Read an op-ed in the Citrus County Chronicle

Compromise Best For Future Of Three Sisters
Read an op-ed in the Citrus County Chronicle

Transplanted Floridian Teaches California Kids About Manatees

Manatees, Rita And Her Calf Georgie, Returned To The Wild
Read more in The Eleutheran

King's Bay Rules Spelled Out
Read an article in the Citrus County Chronicle

Not In Their Back Yards? Group Contends Manatee Viewing
Areas Essential To Three Sisters Project
Read an op-ed in the Citrus County Chronicle

Plan To Sue Federal Agency Over New King's Bay Rules On Hold
Read an article in the Citrus County Chronicle

FWC Rescues Manatee From Allen's Creek
Read more and see photos in the Largo Leader

Rehabilitated Manatees Released Into Jacksonville's Trout River
Reaad more and see photos at video at the Florida Times-Union

Orphaned Baby Manatee Rescued in the Amazon
Read more and see photos at Treehugger.com

Badly Injured Manatee Rescued By SeaWorld Orlando
Remains in Guarded Condition

Read more and see photos and video on Examiner.com

Rare Manatee Herd Captivates Viewers
Read more and see photos at Sarasota Patch

Baby Manatee Found Dead In The Intracoastal
Read more in the Daytona Beach News Journal

Club's Live Manatee Webcams Debuts At Florida State Park
Read our press release

Manatee Slideshow
See 2012 Crystal River images from photographer David R. Schrichte

Calling On All Businesses For Support

Free Boating Banners Help With Manatee Safety

SMC Fosters Partnership To Conserve Manatees In Belize

Save The Manatee Club Encourages Partnership
Read an op-ed by Katie Tripp,
SMC's Director of Science and Conservation

Family-Friendly Sign Communicates
Important Manatee Message

Manatees And The Changing Climate

Manatee Posters Promote Boater Awareness

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May 19, 2012
Go the Extra Mile for Manatees!
9th Annual ‘Save the Manatee’
5K Run/2 Mile Walk/
Mini Manatee Mile
Metro Huron-
Clinton Metropark,
Mt. Clemens, MI
Register online>>
For more information, contact:
info@savethe
manatee5k.com

Read about
last year’s race>>


May 19, 2012
Wild Amelia Nature Festival
Parks & Recreation Center
Fernandina Beach, FL
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For more info, visit:
www.wildamelia.com

May 19, 2012
“Touch-A-Boat” program
National Safe Boating Week
US Coast Guard Auxiliary 11-6
Gulf Harbors Yacht Club Parking Lot
New Port Richey, FL
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
For more info,
call 352-239-0502

June 9, 2012
Beach Eco Expo
Volusia County
Environmental Mgmt
Ocean Center
Daytona Beach, FL
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For more info>>

June 23, 2012
Eco-Saturday
Orange County Parks & Recreation
SMC Presentation
Tibet-Butler Preserve
Orlando, FL
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
For more info, e-mail:
Jill.Danzl@ocfl.net

July 21, 2012
Snooty’s Annual Birthday Bash & Wildlife Festival
He’s 64 years old!
South Florida Museum
Bradenton, FL
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Get more info>>

July 25, 2012

SMC Presentation
Orange County Regional History Center
Orlando, FL
9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
Get more info>>

October 14, 2012
Family Fun Day
J.N. “Ding” Darling NWR
Sanibel, FL
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For more info, e-mail:
ecoerler@aol.com

November 10, 2012
MarineQuest
FWC Fish & Wildlife
Research Institute
St. Petersburg, FL
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Get more info>>

December 15, 2012
SMC Education Day
Blue Spring State Park
Orange City, FL
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For more info, e-mail:
jnearing@
savethemanatee.org


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