Federal judge orders Florida to address pollution that led to manatee deaths
Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record.
Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record.
In 2013, 8% of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon died.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declined to upgrade the protection level of Florida’s manatees.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service said the sea cows’ plight does not fit the definition of endangered.
A proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service would revise critical habitat protections for the first time in nearly 50 ...
Manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past.
Critical habitat would expand to nearly 2 million acres in the first update since the West Indian manatee was protected ...
The team will examine pesticide and fertilizer transport, water pollution and threats to groundwater.
The Department of Environmental Protection's plans for nine state parks include golf courses, two sets of 350-room hotels and pickleball ...
Environmental groups, members of the Florida Cabinet and Republican lawmakers have come out against the plan.
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