Tag: manatees
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Eelgrass Meadows Power Biodiversity and Climate Resilience, but Need Protection
Photo: Scientists sample eelgrass in the South Slough, in Charleston, Oregon, along the state’s south coast. This flowering marine plant is an essential ally in reducing the effects of climate change. The Pew Charitable Trusts As West Coast states look to develop and implement plans that make coastal communities more climate resilient, policymakers should look…
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Florida begins emergency feeding, rescue of starving manatees
Record numbers of endangered manatees are dying as polluted waters kill off their food sources Florida wildlife officials will undertake a manatee feeding and rescue operation involving hand-feeding the mammals romaine lettuce, amid unprecedented mortality among the gentle aquatic creatures affectionately known as “sea cows”. Typically, manatees return to warm water winter feeding grounds, where…
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Trump signs water projects bill with aims in Flint, Florida
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging bill to improve the nation’s water infrastructure, including a Florida project intended to reduce toxic algae blooms that have devastated coastal marine life and emptied beaches. The new law will help create a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee designed to filter out toxins that contribute…
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Toxic Lake: The Untold Story of Lake Okeechobee
CLEWISTON, Florida – For months during 2016, plumes of toxic algae turned South Florida’s emerald waters the color of coffee and smothered its inlets under a fetid blanket of guacamole-green goop that killed off fish, suffocated oyster beds and triggered a ferocious outcry from coastal residents. From NBC’s “Today Show” to The Daily Telegraph of…
