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  2. Manatee conservation - Wikipedia

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    The range-wide minimum known population is estimated to be at least 13,000 manatees, with more than 6,300 in Florida. When aerial surveys began in 1991, there were only an estimated 1,267 manatees in Florida, meaning that the last 25 years has seen a 400 percent increase in the species population in that state. [13] [14]

  3. Save the seagrass, lagoons and manatees - AOL

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    Environmental groups have sued the federal government to halt pollutants that kill seagrasses and manatees. Florida and the EPA should fix the crisis. Save the seagrass, lagoons and manatees

  4. New Strategies Being Implemented to Save Manatees - AOL

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    Around 1,100 manatees died in Florida in 2021, the highest number since the earliest available data in the 1970s. Now wildlife officials are taking a step they never have tried before to try to ...

  5. This Magical Florida Town Is The Only Place In The U.S ... - AOL

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    Around 800 manatees seek refuge in the warm springs of Crystal River, Florida every winter. This Magical Florida Town Is The Only Place In The U.S. Where You Can Swim With Manatees

  6. Save the Manatee Club - Wikipedia

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    Save the Manatee (SMC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group and membership organization dedicated to the conservation of manatees. [1] The organization was founded in 1981 by singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, and Governor of Florida (and later U.S. Senator) Bob Graham. [2] There are currently about 40,000 active members of SMC.

  7. West Indian manatee - Wikipedia

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    The Florida subspecies is primarily found along the Florida coast, but has been spotted as far north as Dennis, Massachusetts, as well as along the Gulf Coast of Texas. [20] Concerning their forays inland, a manatee was once spotted in the Wolf River (near where it enters the Mississippi) in Memphis, Tennessee , in 2006: a distance of over 700 ...

  8. Florida manatees expected to remain below endangered criteria ...

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    A recent Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimate put the population of manatees in the Sunshine State between 8,350 and 11,730, a figure that has been on the decline for the ...

  9. Caribbean Manatee Conservation Center - Wikipedia

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    As a response to this needed effort, the NGO Red Caribeña de Varamientos (Caribbean Stranding Network) partnered with the Inter American University of Puerto Rico to implement research, rescue, rehabilitation, and community outreach programs for manatee conservation through the establishment of the Caribbean Manatee Conservation Center [1] (CMCC).