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Current Manatee News Features

Manatee Tragedy: Hundreds Die From Cold Stress

Record Cold, Record Deaths … Manatees Need Help
Read an op-ed by Dr. Katie Tripp

Cold Weather Results in Record Manatee Count
and Cold-Stressed Manatees
Call 1-888-404-FWCC (3922) to report cold-stressed
manatees who may be in need of rescue.

Brighten Easter Morning with a Manatee Gift Adoption

Cold-Stressed Manatee Rescued From Chilly Canal
Read the news and see a photo on CBS4.com

Florida Motion Picture & Television Association
Joins Forces with Save the Manatee Club
(pdf)

Wildlife Officers Rescue Young Manatee
Read an article and see photos at the Sarasota Herald Tribune

Our Views: Fatally Frozen
Read an op-ed in Florida Today

Manatee Saved by a Fishing Brigade in Cuba's Zapata Swamp
Read an article and see photos at CubaHeadlines.com

Kayak with the Manatees!
Tours Offer Viewing Without Disrupting Natural Behavior

Florida Icon, Wayne Hartley, Joins Staff at Manatee Club

Cold is Killing Manatees in Unprecedented Numbers
Read an article in the St. Petersburg Times

Cold Temps Further Endanger Florida's Manatees
Read an article at the CNN web site

Rescued Manatees Set Free
Read article and see video at MyFox Tampa Bay

Everglades National Park Works to Control Boaters'
Speed To Protect Manatees

Read an article on the National Parks Traveler

Cincinnati Zoo's Manatee Released into the Wild
Read an article and see video at Cincinnati.com

Manatee Gets "Haircut" from Gill Fish
See the photo at the Telegraph.Co.UK

Human-Related Manatee Deaths Can Be Prevented
Read an op-ed piece by Dr. Katie Tripp at TCPalm.com

Flagler County Creates Manatee Curriculum

Feds Decline to Revise Critical Habitat Boundaries for Manatees
Read an article in the Naples Daily News

Manatee Deaths Break Record
Listen to an interview with SMC's Dr. Katie Tripp on WUSF Radio

Be Aware —Manatees Could Be There
Report Sightings to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Eastern Seaboard and Gulf of Mexico Residents:
Please report manatee sightings

Ilya the Wayward Manatee Released at Miami Seaquarium

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

Our Outreach Efforts Go To College

Manatees and Watersports Don't Mix

Paddle with a Purpose

Family-Friendly Sign Communicates
Important Manatee Message

Hold That Boating Banner High -- Help Save a Manatee!

Manatees and the Changing Climate

Manatee Posters Promote Boater Awareness




 

. Upcoming Events .
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March 13 & 14, 2010
Apollo Beach Manatee
Festival of the Arts
Apollo Beach, FL
Mar. 13-10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mar. 14-10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
For more info, visit:
www.apollobeach
chamber.com

March 13, 2010
Sea Turtle Day
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
Boca Raton, FL
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
For more info, visit:
www.gumbolimbo.org

March 18, 2010
Cocktail Party
The Palm on Park,
a Lilly Pulitzer Via Shop
444 4th Street
Boca Grande, FL
5:30 p.m. until…
866-964-4448 (toll free)
All donations go to
Save the Manatee Club

March 20, 2010
Panther Day Celebration
Florida Panther NWR
Roger Roth Work Center
Immokalee, FL
7:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
For more info, e-mail:
annjanette_greenwood
@fws.gov

April 10, 2010
Garden Festival
Fanning Springs State Park
Fanning Springs, FL
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
For more info, visit:
www.fanningsprings
gardenfestival.com

April 10, 2010
River Celebration Day
Walter Jones Historical Park
Jacksonville, FL
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
For more info, e-mail:
kelly@
stjohnsriverkeeper.org


April 17, 2010
8th Annual Turtle Day
Marine Science Center
Ponce Inlet, FL
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
*Followed by turtle release
at Winter Haven Park
For more info, contact:
mbrothers@
co.volusia.fl.us


April 17, 2010
MarineQuest
FWRI
St. Petersburg, FL
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Get more info

April 24 & 25, 2010
Earth Day, Party for the Planet
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Jacksonville, FL
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
For more info, visit:
www.jacksonvillezoo.org/


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