Florida's Manatees and Environment Need Leaders! by Katie Tripp, Ph.D., Director of Science and Conservation

Florida's Manatees and Environment Need Leaders! By Katie Tripp, Ph.D., Director of Science and Conservation

his past year was a tough one for manatees, water quality, coastal residents, tourists, and anyone hoping Florida's environment might finally receive the attention it so desperately deserves in the Capitol. A red tide that began in October 2017 swelled to epic proportions along Florida's west coast throughout 2018 and even made its way to east central Florida's Brevard County. This red tide has killed well over 200 Florida manatees and contributed to a near record-setting number of annual deaths for our official state marine mammal (824, compared to 830 in 2013), littered beaches with dead fish, cancelled vacations, and sent folks to the emergency room. Meanwhile, residents of Martin and St. Lucie Counties suffered another summer of toxic algal blooms and profound frustration as they watched their A manatee mother and young calf at Blue Spring State waterways ail under Park, an important winter refuge for manatees. Photo by poor management. Cora Berchem, Save the Manatee Club. Perhaps the greatest disappointment is that we know how to stop the pollution that fouls our waters. The science is clear, solutions are known. What has been missing is willpower. Florida's manatees provide a key example. This species' habitat has been under siege for decades: their natural migrations disrupted by power plant discharges; their food

continued on page 4 2018–A Record-Setting Year For Manatee Mortality The Official Newsletter of By Pat Rose, Executive Director and Aquatic Biologist Save the Manatee® Club 500 N. Maitland Ave. In 2018, 121 manatees perished from manatee deaths shy of the 2013 record of Maitland, FL 32751 collisions with watercraft, the highest 830 total deaths, a record we hoped would number ever recorded. This situation is never be approached again. A prolonged March, Volume 38 made even more troubling by the fact and extensive red tide event killed at least Issue #1 of 2019 that 25 more manatees suffering from 215 manatees in 2018 and continues to Published four times a year watercraft-related injuries had to be put manatees at risk during 2019. Sadly, in March, June, September, rescued during 2018. 2018 saw 77 manatees die from cold stress, and November. Manatees also confronted other serious a threat that continues as a significant threats during 2018, resulting in 824 mortality factor in early 2019. total deaths and ending the year just six As in the past, Brevard and Lee counties

Artwork by Nancy Blauers Nancy by Artwork continued on page 7 It’s Time to Run for the Manatees Again! By Cora Berchem, Manatee Research and Multimedia Specialist, Save the Manatee Club

hether you live in Michigan or not, it’s time to join the 16th annual Save the Manatee 5K Event. Registration is now open for the popular 5K Run, 2-Mile Walk, and Mini Manatee Mile, which will take place on Saturday, May 11th, 2019 at Lake St. Clair Metropark in Harrison Township, Michigan. “People love this race, because it’s quirky,” says race director Lesley Argiri. “There are no manatees in Michigan, but there are a lot of manatee lovers in Michigan.” Lesley and her husband, Brian, are passionate about manatees, and together they have grown the race over the past 16 years. Since its inception in 2003, the race has raised over $225,000 for Save the Manatee Club’s conservation Deb Sturgeon and daughter Lesley Hayman completed last year’s efforts. virtual run on their bikes as “Team Brutus.” Photo © Lesley Hayman.

continued on page 6 Matching Gifts Programs The company you work for could have a Matching Gifts Program. If they do, your employer may be able to match your donations to Save the Manatee Club. Questions? Call us at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). Manatee Deaths Mar Exciting Season Beginning By Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist Blue Spring Adoption Update

The 2018-2019 Manatee Season are doing well in a spring to our Rocket were present on December began on November 16th with 21 north. Hopefully they will drop in 2nd, then Nick and Whiskers on manatees. Since then, we had 420 to say hello soon. Lily was first in the 6th. Deep Dent and Margarito on December 24th. We have seen on November 17th. The next day showed up on the 7th, and finally 612 different manatees in all. This Floyd and Gator showed up. Annie Howie brought up the rear on is a new record, and the season and calf made roll call on November December 17th. is not over. We have counted 57 27th, followed the next day by The excitement of another calves–not a record but still that is a Lucille, Moo Shoo, Phyllis and manatee season has been dampened lot of calves. calf. The big day was the 29th when by a number of deaths. Two weeks As for the Save the Manatee Club Aqua and calf, Doc, Lenny, and before the season started, a female adoptees: Merlin, Brutus, and Flash Paddy Doyle came in. Philip and killed by a boat was found south of

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Sell your items on eBay’s “For Charity” and help the Club in its conservation mission to protect 2 manatees and their habitat! Find out more at bit.ly/smc-forcharity. It’s Time to Run for the Manatees Again! A Look Into the World of Manatee Research By Cora Berchem, Manatee Research and Multimedia Specialist, Save the Manatee Club

hen Wayne Hartley began his research at Blue Spring State Park during the winter of 1980-81, he started out with 36 manatees. Wayne now keeps track of over 500 manatees who overwinter in Blue Spring’s protected waters, and he can track some of the manatees back for many generations. Wayne’s work is part of manatee research that is conducted statewide in Florida and provides scientific data on animal movements and critical habitat that can help manatee conservation efforts. Each year he submits his scar sketches, pictures, and genealogies to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Sirenia Wayne Hartley comes face to face with one of his research subjects at Project (USGS) in Gainesville, Blue Spring State Park. Photo ©Thuyvi Gates.

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Club Helps Ensure Care for Manatees By Katie Tripp, Ph.D., Director of Science and Conservation

The kindness of our supporters shone through once again during our annual holiday Manatee Wish List. The milk formula, nutritional supplements, and kitchen supplies donated, along with a satellite transmitter, will all be used to care for manatees in rehabilitation at Wildtracks in Belize. The items purchased through the Wish List allow Save the Manatee Club (SMC) to provide considerable assistance to Belize's only manatee care facility. The manatees at Wildtracks are at various stages of the rehabilitation and release process. Male manatees Mitch and Lucky are both in the midst of their "soft release" process, whereby they are satellite tagged and given the ability to explore the lagoon and bay during the day before returning to their lagoon enclosure for the night. The three females currently at Wildtracks, Hope, Callie, and Chikki, are larger calves who have moved from rehab pools to the lagoon enclosure, an important first step toward beginning their soft release. Some of our readers may remember Hope as a tiny continued on page 6 orphan washed ashore during a hurricane in 2016. She is now the largest of the three females at Wildtracks. Mitch and Lucky have also been featured in previous articles. SMC's in-office manatees keep watch over the Twiggy and Khaleesi are two more female manatees supplies donated from our Wish List. Photo by that our members first met as young calves, who have Cora Berchem, Save the Manatee Club. successfully completed the rehabilitation process and are swimming free in Belize's coastal waters. 3 Florida's Manatees and Environment continued from page 1 source obliterated in waters smothered by algal blooms; their access to some natural warm-water springs blocked; their everyday movement fraught with peril from human activities. In fact, 2018 also yielded a new record for manatee deaths caused by watercraft (121). We know that important steps will be required to secure a future for this iconic Florida species. For 45 years, management has been reactionary, and conversations still too often focus on how many manatees are in state waters. Newly released research indicates the Florida manatee population was likely 7,520 -10,280 in 2015–2016, which is encouraging, but it is merely the start of a much more substantial plan of action that this species needs. Florida's new governor issued an executive order on his second day of office that will begin to address some water quality issues, particularly in the waters leading to the Everglades ecosystem. Hopefully we will see additional actions taken to restore our Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee Club’s Executive Director springs and rivers, as well as meaningful and Aquatic Biologist, welcomed the opportunity to stand with action to move Florida in a more sustainable Florida’s new Governor Ron DeSantis as he announced his direction. We will continue our advocacy commitment to improving water quality to combat harmful in this regard and urge our members and algal blooms while establishing improved scientific oversight. supporters to join our Action Alert team at Photo by Save the Manatee Club. savethemanatee.org/signup so your voices can also be heard. Our mission is to create a Florida where manatees can endure for centuries to come. That means cleaning up our waters, stopping pollution at its source, restoring growth management, and educating the public about the role we all must play in securing Florida's future. We would like our local, state, and federal leaders to share this long- range vision and implore them to address these critical issues holistically and immediately. It's time. Moving ? Please notify us with your new address! It will save us about $1.00 in extra postage. In the U.S. call us toll free at 1-800-432-5646, e-mail us at [email protected], or mail a change of address card to us. Also, please notify us if your e-mail address changes. Manatee Watch Volunteers Keep Busy This Winter By Kate Spratt, Park Ranger Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park Adoption Update Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Underwater Observatory or off the stress on the manatees, and provide Wildlife State Park is in the full Long River Bridge. greater flexibility for the park to swing of manatee season. Manatee Through a generous donation, receive/transfer manatees when Watch volunteers are out on the The Friends of Homosassa Springs needed. The park does not currently river daily, watching swimmers Wildlife Park recently purchased have any manatees in rehabilitation, in the water and keeping a close a large piece of equipment, called however we are ready in case any eye on manatees. Recent heavy a lull, that park staff will use to manatees need to be transferred into rains have caused the river water move manatees into and out of our care. to be darker, but wild manatees both the in-ground and above- Adoptable Manatee Updates: can be viewed easily through the ground treatment pools. The lull Before we opened the gates clear water inside the park at the will increase safety for staff, reduce (provided by funding from Save

4 continued on page 7 A Look Into the World of Manatee Research continued from page 3 Florida. Wildlife Biologist Cathy “She was there when I started,” new scars, or old scars have Beck managed the Manatee says Wayne. “She was considered a healed and changed. The database Individual Photoidentification young matron back then and hasn’t documents behavior, reproduction Database (MIPS) at USGS from missed a winter season since.” rate, and annual survival. “Wayne 1992 until her retirement in early Manatees are recognized by the has contributed thousands of 2019. scar patterns they have acquired photos and sightings to the MIPS Each manatee gets its own during their lifetimes. Most database,” says Cathy. “Due to his identification number that is based manatee scar patterns are caused by efforts, the manatee population at on location. Lily, for example, is collisions with watercraft, although Blue Spring is the best documented Blue Spring number 4 (BS004), some of them are due to healed one in the state.” the oldest living female manatee fungal lesions or entanglements. Read more about the manatees at Blue Spring State Park. She was Keeping track of manatees is no that Wayne and Cathy have first sighted at the park in 1974, easy task as each manatee needs to documented and see a video at and Wayne has kept track of her be re-drawn and re-photographed savethemanatee.org/research. since 1981 (see photo on page 6). each year because they may have More Ways You Can Help Have you ever thought about becoming a Club volunteer? Or joining our Manatee Sighting Network? Or contacting decision makers? To find out more about all the ways you can help, go to savethemanatee.org/moreways. Thank you so much! You make a big difference in the lives of manatees! Flicker Visits the Bartow Power Plant to Stay Warm By Cora Berchem, Manatee Research and Multimedia Specialist Tampa Bay and East Coast Adoption Update

With the cooler winter weather arriving in Florida in late November, our partners from the Florida Fish You can request a hi-res jpeg of this ad for your company and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. newsletters. Email: [email protected] Geological Survey kept an eye out for our Tampa Bay and east coast adoptees. On Florida's east coast, Chessie remained elusive. On the west coast, Tampa Best. Gift. Ever! Bay adoptee Flicker was seen at the Bartow power plant on November 20th and then again on De- cember 18, 2018. At the time of the writing of this article, the other Tampa Bay adoptees had not been spotted yet, but we are hoping for sightings at their warm-water sites in Tampa Bay or Fort Myers. Throughout most of 2018 the saying “no news is good news” applied as we were worried for our Tampa Bay adoptees being affected by the lingering Adopt-A-Manatee® red tide, but luckily we didn’t get any reports that any of them had been affected. for Friends Two great places to see manatees on the west coast and Family during the winter months are the TECO power plant 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) savethemanatee.org in Apollo Beach and Lee County Manatee Park in Photo © David Schrichte Fort Myers, where hundreds of manatees can be observed when surrounding water temperatures drop into the low 60s. Get the Scoop on Manatees! Check out manatee facts, learn about viewing areas, and get protection tips, free education materials, and more! Go to savethemanatee.org/info. 5 It’s Time to Run for the Manatees Again! continued from page 2 As in previous years, a virtual race and couldn’t believe we had participates in the virtual run with race option is offered as well, representatives from every U.S. her friend Elli each year. “It is so giving participants from all over the state already signed up for the awesome that we can participate world the chance to run, walk, hike, virtual race by the end of January! from Finland. Thank you for swim, kayak or bike their favorite This has never happened before,” helping the manatees. We promise course or trail. Each race participant says Lesley. “2018 has been a dire to keep on spreading the word for receives a shirt, bib, and unique year for manatees, and being able to you up here in the north,” says finisher medal. This year’s medal support them with an event like this Tuulia. with a spinner design features a is just wonderful.” To sign up, go to manatee in its aquatic habitat on the Just like Lesley herself, you don’t savethemanatee5k.com. For front and the Save the Manatee logo have to live in Florida to love and questions, please contact race on the back. support manatees. Virtual Race director Lesley Argiri at “We are so excited for this year’s participant Tuulia from Finland [email protected] Meet a Manatee Moo Shoo is the latest manatee to be added to Save the Manatee Club’s Adopt-A-Manatee® program. She was first identified in Blue Spring by Wayne Hartley in 2010. Read more at bit.ly/MooShoo.

Manatee Deaths Mar Exciting Season continued from page 2 the park. I ID’d her as a manatee that had been in two seasons but had not been named and numbered, so I named her Isobel. The season started, and sadly we had a dead manatee on an average of one a week for six weeks. None had a certain cause of death. A calf was found dead near the spring mouth, and I named it River. Valera, a young female, was found near Hontoon Island State Park. Kala, a young male, was found deceased in the Hontoon Dead River. Claire, a juvenile female, was located across from the park, and Cree, a young matron with a calf, was Poor, sweet Lily in Blue Spring, bearing many scars from wounds found dead in the lagoon next to she has suffered through the years. Photo by Cora Berchem, Save the the park. We hope her calf came Manatee Club. back to the spring run, as there are plenty of females willing to nurse it. Raja, another young male, was found dead about a mile north of the park. On a lighter note, an orphaned calf in rough shape was rescued and taken to Sea World.

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Remember Save the Manatee® Club in your will or living trust, name the Club a beneficiary in your life insurance policy or retirement plan, and give gifts of real estate and stock. Please consult your attorney about a legacy gift, or contact Patrick Rose, the Club’s Executive Director, for further information at 1-800-432-5646. We are a 501(c)(3) 6 nonprofit organization. Our federal tax identification number is 59-3131709. Thank you for caring!

Manatee Watch Volunteers Keep Busy This Winter continued from page 4 the Manatee Club), Ariel had been over on her back. Electra is often programs. a frequent visitor to the Underwater viewed from the Long River Bridge, Keep up with manatee happenings Observatory, keeping the dive teams basking in the sun in shallow water at the park by following us on company while they worked on with just a bit of her back sticking Facebook through The Friends of cleaning and polishing the windows. out. Betsy hangs out in the “manatee Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park She likes to come by and bump the spa” (the in-ground pool) waiting to page. divers with her nose while rolling be fed at one of our three manatee

Did You Know? You Can Help Fundraise for Manatees! The Club has a free tool where you can create your own fundraising webpage to share with your family and friends. Visit bit.ly/SMCHero to see how! To all you who selflessly dedicate your birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries to raise funds, dedicate runs and cross-country adventures, or have a campaign “just because,” we, and the manatees you help save, are grateful for your support.

2018–A Record-Setting Year continued from page 1 had the highest number of manatee deaths from boat strikes (14 and 17, respectively), as well as the largest number of deaths overall (117 and 182, respectively). A total of 135 sick or injured manatees were successfully rescued during 2018. As previously stated, 25 resulted from watercraft strikes, while 28 were attributed to entrapment, 18 from entanglement, and 16 more from red tide. Many manatee rescues result in the successful rehabilitation and release of the manatee when reported early, which is why it is important to report any manatee that is hurt, being harassed, or in immediate danger to FWC by calling 1-888-404-3922.

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8 Visit shopsavethemanatee.org or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) to order today. Belize Handmade Braided Glass Wind Chime Manatee Pendant Sit back and relax as you listen to the soothing tinkling of this Enjoy a rare opportunity to own this handmade chime. Designed beautifully-crafted piece, handmade in specifically with Save the Manatee Belize. The strands are braided into an Club in mind, it is made of blue exquisite v-shape in which the unique and green bottled glass with a coconut shell disc is attached. The beautifully-cut metal manatee that adjustable cord creates a varying length measures 6.5" across. This chime necklace that expands up to 25". The disc resists deterioration in the weather is approximately 1.75" in diameter. There because the glass circle is hung using are no metal components. A portion of a microfilament braided line and the proceeds goes back to supporting tied to a fishing clip that attaches Wildtracks, Belizes' only manatee to the metal top. A beautiful piece rehabilitation facility. to accentuate any home or garden. Proudly made in the U.S. Item #97776 Price $21.95 Item #91101 Price $18.95

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If you see an injured manatee, call 1-888-404-FWCC (3922), or use VHF Channel 16 on a marine radio. Please Donate Now: Save the Manatee® Club, Inc. To read highlights of the Club’s impressive accomplishments, Board of Directors Co-Chairs: go to savethemanatee.org/smcinfo. Our work is only possible with your help. Jimmy Buffett and Helen Spivey Please continue your generous support at savethemanatee.org/donation, Executive Director – Patrick Rose, Aquatic Biologist or call us at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) to help us continue our ongoing efforts to protect manatees and their aquatic habitat. Thank you! Staff Membership & Admin Service Representatives: Judy Bower, Cheyenne Canon, Alex Naldrett-Jays, Alicia Storey, and Amy Wieck

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