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A record die-off of manatees in Florida has prompted an unprecedented effort to provide supplement food for the starving animals. But the manatees aren’t eating the food. Some 1,100 manatees
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released new numbers Wednesday documenting the deadly year manatees faced in the state.
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The year-end episode of The Florida Roundup has stories from public radio reporters throughout the The Sunshine State.
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The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and the Save the Manatee Club filed a notice that is a precursor to suing the EPA. The notice said the EPA needs to start a process to reconsider whether water quality standards are adequate to protect manatees in the East Coast’s Indian River Lagoon, where many of the deaths have occurred.
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With state and federal wildlife officials planning to feed starving manatees in the coming months, members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission pointed to a need for more long-term solutions, such as the $53 million that Gov. Ron DeSantis directed toward the lagoon in September.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Florida Power & Light Company announced combined efforts Wednesday to reduce manatee deaths that have reached a record level this year.
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In their first meeting Monday, members of the Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board asked for more details about state money.
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Ninety percent of the seagrass has died in an important estuary, leaving manatees without enough to eat. More than 1,000 manatees have died, and many others are emaciated and distressed.
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A conversation on climate change and national parks. Paintings of people experiencing homelessness. And a life lived watching movies.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday announced a Joint Incident Management Team to respond to the “unusual mortality event” along the state’s Atlantic coast, including in the Indian River Lagoon.
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A record die-off of manatees this year in Florida waters has surpassed a grim milestone.
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Wildlife authorities are bracing for more manatee deaths this winter, after a record 974 perished this year in Florida waters.