Florida manatees are having a better year, but their outlook remains grave
• There have not been as many Florida manatees dying this year.
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• There have not been as many Florida manatees dying this year.
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• New research suggests flows of sea water could help rescue the ailing Indian River Lagoon.
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• The public-private partnership that rescues and rehabs manatees is planning to up its game in a big way in preparation for next winter. At a press conference Wednesday, biologist Terri Calleson with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expects to see an increase of over 50% in the current capacity to rehabilitate starving or injured manatees. She says the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership — in Florida and across the country — can handle about a hundred animals and is currently rehabbing 89. SeaWorld Orlando, with about 40 spots, is expanding and adding pools, and so are other rehab facilities, Calleson says. “And all of that’s being done in anticipation of trying to accommodate higher numbers of manatees needing to come …
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• ORLANDO, Fla.—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must update and improve habitat protections for the state’s ailing manatees over the next two years, under a legal agreement announced this week.
The agreement comes as the gentle sea cows face extraordinary habitat challenges in Florida, most notably widespread water quality problems and seagrass losses in the 156-mile Indian River Lagoon, crucial manatee habitat on the east coast.
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• Conservation groups announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a lawsuit over Florida’s ailing manatees.
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• At the final weekly update from state and federal wildlife officials, they said evaluating this winter’s efforts to save starving manatees in the Indian River Lagoon will take time.
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• State and federal wildlife officials are working together to address the unusual die-off of manatees. Already this year more than 440 have died. That’s high, but not as bad as in 2021.
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