Opinion Editorials
2013
Record Deaths, Mysterious Mortality — Ongoing Threats Make Manatee Recovery Tenuous
Date: May 9, 2013
Eradication Of Lyngbya Should Include Starving Algae
Date: April 21, 2013
Seagrasses, Manatees, And The Florida Legislature
Date: March 7, 2013
2012
Water Issues – Crucial For Floridians To Be Involved
Date: September 13, 2012
Help Keep Florida’s Manatees Wild – Do Not Disturb
Date: June 5, 2012
Speed Zones Important For Flagler County Manatees
Read an op-ed by SMC's Katie Tripp in the
Daytona Beach News Journal
Date: May 30th
March Is Seagrass Awareness Month
Date: March 1, 2012
2011
Florida's Environment Needs You Now
Date: April 26, 2011
Lend Your Voice to Manatees
Date: January 6, 2011
2010
Protecting Manatees and Florida’s Aquatic Ecosystems:
A High Stakes Game of Jenga
Date: September 2, 2010
Record Cold, Record Deaths … Manatees Need Help
Date: February 23, 2010
2009
Manatee Deaths From Boat Strikes Approach Record:
Club Asks For Boaters’ Urgent Help
Date: December 18, 2009
Save the Manatee Club Encourages Partnership
Date: August 17, 2009
Survey Says: Threats Still Loom for Manatess
Date: January 6, 2009
2007
Recent Confirmation of Manatee's Endangered Status
Should Kill State Downlisting Plans
Date: November 20, 2007
Will Present Level of Manatee Mortality Be Reduced?
Date: January 1, 2007
2006
What's In A Name? A Lot If You're A Manatee!
Date: June 1, 2006
2005
Earth to Florida: Clean Up Your Language!
Read an opinion-editorial piece on downlisting by
by Dr. Daryl Domning, a Howard University professor
and manatee expert
Date: April 21, 2005
State Must Go Back to Drawing Board on
Imperiled Species Listing Criteria
Date: April 28, 2005
2004
Efforts Underway to Weaken Marine Mammal Protection Act
Date: October 27, 2004
Synoptic Surveys Are Only One Part of the Manatee
Population Puzzle: It's Not Just How Many...
Date: February 25, 2004
2003
State's Revenge Tactics Counter-Productive
To Manatee Protection
Date: April 25, 2003
2003 Annual Synoptic Survey Completed
Date: January 29, 2003
Manatee Downlisting: If the Criteria Don't Fit...
Date: January 16, 2003
2002
Adopt Adequate Manatee Protection and Permitting Can Proceed
Date: December 19, 2002