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But let’s not take our eyes off what is truly hurting manatees in Florida: widespread water quality degradation. Over the past two years, we’ve lost 26% of Florida’s manatee population.
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]
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 ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the coming months will round up manatee data and decide whether the West Indian manatee species should be given bolstered ...
Location of the state of Florida in the United States of America. The state of Florida has numerous symbols defined by state statutes. The majority of the symbols were chosen after 1950; only the two oldest symbols—the state flower (chosen in 1909), and the state bird (chosen in 1927), and the state nickname (chosen in 1970)—are not listed in the 2010 Florida Statutes. [1]
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 ...
Manatee protections, and marine and ocean conservation issues in Florida in general, should not be considered political issues. | Opinion Manatees should be listed as an endangered species. Don ...
A new "Save Manatees" stamp was unveiled during a ceremony on Manatee Appreciation Day at Manatee Lagoon in West Palm Beach, Fla., on March 27, 2024.