Press Releases
Contact: media@savethemanatee.org, 407-539-0990
- Michigan’s 20th Annual Save the Manatee 5K Returns In Person This Year on October 7. Here’s What to Expect. • September 26, 2023
- Save the Manatee Club Statement on Hurricane Idalia • August 30, 2023
- Save the Manatee Club® celebrates Labor Day and International Manatee Day by raising awareness locally and globally • August 30, 2023
- Glitter-Filled Flotation Devices Are No Fun for the Environment • June 27, 2023
- Starting June 1, Remember To Go “Fertilizer-Free for Manatees” • June 1, 2023
- National Safe Boating Week is a perfect reminder to be manatee-safe on the water • May 17, 2023
- Her Pride and Joy: Adopt-A-Manatee® This Mother’s Day • April 26, 2023
- Celebrate Manatee Appreciation Day on March 29th • March 28, 2023
- March Is Seagrass Awareness Month • March 1, 2023
- Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) Returns A Record 12 Manatees to Natural Habitat in a Single Day • February 13, 2023
- For A Unique Valentine’s Day gift, Adopt-A-Manatee® For Your Loved One • February 3, 2023
- Weekend Cold Provides Perfect Opportunity to Watch Save the Manatee Club’s Manatee Webcams • January 13, 2023
- Petition Urges Fish and Wildlife Service To Protect Manatee As Endangered • November 21, 2022
- November Is Manatee Awareness Month • October 27, 2022
- Save the Manatee Club Celebrates Labor Day and International Manatee Day By Supporting Protection and Conservation Efforts • September 6, 2022
- Little Progress Made On Implementing Blue Green Algae Task Force Recommendations • August 4, 2022
Opinion Editorials
- Let’s Save Florida’s Manatees
By Bob Graham, former Florida Governor, U.S. Senator, and Save the Manatee Club Co-Founder - A State of Emergency for Manatees in the Indian River Lagoon and Beyond
Feature Articles, Staff Interviews, and Video
- Paddle Tales eNewsletter: August 2023
Features – It’s A Fact: Manatee Respiration | The Many Ways to Participate in the Virtual 5k | SMC Has A New Address | Don’t Miss: A Place To Roam, Our New Webinar On Manatees and Their HabitatGlitter Inner Tubes: No Good for the Environment
- Paddle Tales eNewsletter: June 2023
Features – It’s A Fact: Manatee Migration | Boat Safely This Summer! | The Manatee 5k Goes International | Don’t Miss: Fertilizer-Free for Manatees campaign starts June 1 - Paddle Tales eNewsletter: April 2023
Features – It’s A Fact: Manatee Migration | Adoptee Updates: Remembering Lesley and celebrating a birth for Annie | Meet A Manatee: Deep Dent - Paddle Tales eNewsletter: February 2023
Features – It’s A Fact: Manatee calves | Upcoming Events, and Celebrating 20 years of the Manatee 5k! | SMC Executive Director Patrick Rose on What’s Good In Tampa Bay with Ann Kelly | Meet A Manatee: PhyllisManatee Sightings: February 2023
Let’s Talk (Manatee) Tracking!
Video: Do manatees sneeze?
Glitter-filled tubes pose pollution problem at Blue Spring
Orlando Sentinel • June 30, 2023
Save the Manatee Club warn public not to use glitter-filled floatation devices
WMNF Tampa • June 30, 2023
‘It’s all about education’
Citrus County Chronicle • June 30, 2023
Florida experts warn of harm glitter floats can bring to manatees
WESH • June 29, 2023
Glitter float tubes harm Florida manatees, advocates say
News Channel 8 Tampa Bay • June 29, 2023
Pinellas sheriff’s deputy jumped in water, held manatee for 2 hours to prevent drowning
Tampa Bay Times • June 29, 2023
Swimming with manatees: Point/Counterpoint
Citrus County Chronicle • June 29, 2023
Volusia, Citrus counties lead watercraft manatee deaths in 2023: How to avoid an accident
Daytona Beach News-Journal • June 29, 2023
Miami woman says video shows manatee swimming in fuel spill in Little River
NBC Miami • June 29, 2023
The marvelous manatees of Palm Beach County, including Manatee Lagoon near West Palm Beach
Palm Beach Post • June 29, 2023
Opinion: Florida must save and restore its mangrove islets
Palm Beach Post • June 29, 2023
Want to visit the manatees in Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River? Wait ’til November
WUSF NPR Tampa Bay • June 29, 2023
Glitter-filled inner tubes can be ‘detrimental’ to marine life, experts say
Fox 13 Tampa Bay • June 28, 2023
Florida Campaign Urges Residents To Go ‘Fertilizer-Free For Manatees’
The Weather Channel • June 28, 2023
Another ‘Summer of Slime,’ and our state government just made it worse | Opinion
Orlando Sentinel • June 28, 2023
Manatee deaths pile up in Southwest Florida: What’s causing that?
Marco Eagle • June 28, 2023
Manatees on pace to have most boat kills over past decade
Ft. Myers News-Press • June 28, 2023
‘Swimming with manatees is not eco-tourism’
Citrus County Chronicle • June 28, 2023
Save the Manatee Club: Leave glitter-filled floats at home and out of Florida’s springs
Daytona Beach News-Journal • June 27, 2023
How glitter tubes are dangerous for manatees
Fox 35 Orlando • June 27, 2023
‘Not out of the woods:’ Manatee death numbers improve along Central Florida coast
News 6 Orlando • June 27, 2023
Smelly oil spill affects manatees, concerns residents in Miami’s Little River
Local 10 Miami • June 27, 2023
Manatees in Florida: Where to See Them and When
A-Z Animals • June 27, 2023
Pinellas Deputies rescue Manatee affected by red tide
Fox 4 SWFL • June 26, 2023
Florida deputies hold distressed manatee’s head above water for hours, saving its life
Outsider • June 25, 2023
Opposition To Manatee Downlisting
Downlisting the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened is premature, and scientists invited by the FWS to peer review their proposal opposed downlisting the species.
No Longer Endangered, Florida Manatees May Be More Vulnerable Than Ever
See the video at CBS This Morning, including an interview with Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club Executive Director
Manatee Expert: Conservation Efforts Must Continue
See more at Fox 13
Florida Congressmen Ask Interior Secretary To Reverse Manatee Decision
Read more at the Palm Beach Post
Manatees No Longer Classified As An Endangered Species, But Still A Threatened One
Read an article in the Tampa Bay Times, including an interview with Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club Executive Director
Manatees Escape The Endangered List – But Maybe Too Soon
Read an article from NPR, including an interview with Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club Executive Director
Manatees No Longer Listed As Endangered. Should We Celebrate or Fret?
Read an article from the Washington Post, including an interview with Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club Executive Director
Decision Puts Manatees In Danger
Learn why the decision to downlist manatees is not a good one and what you can do. Watch our video
It’s Official: Manatee No Longer Listed As Endangered
Read an article from the CNN, including an interview with Patrick Rose,
Save the Manatee Club Executive Director
Manatees No Longer Listed as Endangered – But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet
Read an article in the Huffington Post, including an interview with Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club Executive Director
Rebounding Florida Manatee No Longer An ‘Endangered’ Species
Read an article in the Miami Herald, including an interview with Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club Executive Director