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Dead Manatees hauled from IRL

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NPR – Science Friday podcast about starving manatees

Listen to NPR’s podcast about the starving manatees. Science Friday podcast

Stop The Spray – Save Our Manatees

Tell FWC, Florida city and county governments, the Army Corps of Engineers and commercial companies to stop spraying poisonous chemicals into our water. Mechanically harvested Hydrilla and Water Hyacinth can save our manatees from starvation.

Environmental Review of Florida’s Indian River Lagoon System

Prepared by E. Allen Stewart III P.E. October 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Indian River Lagoon System (IRLS) includes about 156 miles of open estuarinewater which runs from north to south along Florida’s east coast. The IRLS developedover the past 5,000-7,000 years as a low nutrient, (oligotrophic) estuarine system with a surface water area of aboutContinue reading “Environmental Review of Florida’s Indian River Lagoon System”

Statement by Wanda Jones, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Biologist Re: Inadequate FWC Response to Manatee Starvation in Northern Indian River Lagoon (1/9/22)

Created by Wanda Jones, Ph.D., marine mammal biologist 1/9/2022 Statement by Wanda Jones, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Biologist Re: Inadequate FWC Response to Manatee Starvation in Northern Indian River Lagoon (1/9/22) To all concerned parties, The purpose of this white paper is to share information that is important to know regarding the Florida Fish and WildlifeContinue reading “Statement by Wanda Jones, Ph.D., Marine Mammal Biologist Re: Inadequate FWC Response to Manatee Starvation in Northern Indian River Lagoon (1/9/22)”

1,100 Dead Manatees.

That is how many manatees starved to death in the Indian River Lagoon in 2021. 2022 won’t be any better folks. There is no sea grass for them to eat and we are still adding too much pollution into the IRL to even think about re-growing sea grass. Don’t help them hide this from theContinue reading “1,100 Dead Manatees.”

FWC Sprays Poison

The Florida Wildlife Commission has been begged by so many citizens to stop polluting our waterways with toxic weed killing chemicals like glyphosate, but they won’t stop doing it! They are fouling our waterways for decades to come, trying to kill water grasses that could be used to save our starving manatees. Lettuce isn’t goingContinue reading “FWC Sprays Poison”