Save the Manatee Club (“SMC”) strongly opposes the misleadingly-titled “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of ...

While we understand that certain supporters of the Permitting Bill believe that it will help to address anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating “green” energy infrastructure, the fact ...

The Lesley Argiri and Brian McDonald 5K Scholarship Fund is established to support and encourage outstanding individuals pursuing a graduate degree in Marine or Aquatic Biology. This scholarship aims ...

In 1979, the late former Florida Governor and co-founder of Save the Manatee Club, Bob Graham, first declared November as Manatee Awareness Month, at a time when the state first began establishing ...

To protect Florida’s waterways from pollution, the Florida Watershed Restoration Act was established in 1999. This act set guidelines for the state’s total maximum daily load (TMDL) of pollutants, ...

The cool weather of a Florida winter has been upon us for several months and the manatees have been visiting Homosassa Springs frequently. Some daily counts in January reached 200 or more manatees in ...

The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is one of Florida’s most important estuaries and an essential home to thousands of Florida’s imperiled manatees. As the direct result of human derelictions over many ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s. These claims, based on limited anthropological records, ...

Manatee season is in full swing, and our webcams at Blue Spring State Park and Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park are livestreaming again! Viewers from around the world can enjoy the ...

LONGWOOD, FL—As temperatures plummet in Central Florida this week, the number of manatees seeking refuge at Blue Spring State Park is expected to rise and potentially reach record numbers. The public ...

Florida manatees are large, slow-moving aquatic mammals endemic to Florida. Despite their large size, manatees only have a thin, incomplete layer of body fat rather than thick layers of blubber. Being ...