Homosassa Prepares for Season Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park Adoption Update By Kate Spratt, Park Services Specialist As the heat of another summer gives way to cooler air and changing leaves, the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is gearing up for the beginning of manatee season. At this time, rangers and volunteers are preparing for the coming winter weather. In mid-November, the gates on the Long River Bridge will be opened to allow the wild to enter. Prior to this, our team snorkels the , checking the in-water fencing and evaluating it for any potential hazards. This ensures safety for our three resident manatees when they move into the paddock area, as well as the continued on page 7

Manatees congregate in the warm spring waters around the Underwater Observatory. Photo by Kate Spratt. Festival Season is HERE By Diana Ngai, Communications and Outreach Manager As the manatees gather at their warm water sites for winter, so The Official Newsletter of too do the various manatee festivals and events throughout Florida. Save the Manatee® Club Save the Manatee Club (SMC) will set up information tables or booths 500 N. Maitland Ave., Ste. 210 at community festivals and nature-themed fairs or conventions across Maitland, FL 32751 the state. SMC relies on our esteemed team of volunteers to staff these events during the year and deliver information about manatees November, Volume 38 and the Club’s conservation work to the public. Our volunteers are the Issue #4 of 2019 backbone of our organization. They create a powerful impact as we Published four times a year work together in pursuing the Club’s mission and goals to help protect in March, June, September, and November. manatees and their aquatic habitat. Every hour volunteered is greatly appreciated, but never quite so much as during manatee season, the busiest time of year for festivals

Artwork by Nancy Blauers Nancy by Artwork in Florida. (A close second is Earth Month in April.) Help is needed now to table at these events, and we ask our members and continued on page 7 Sign up to receive our Action Alerts, eNewsletter, and deals from our manatee merchandise store at savethemanatee.org/signup. Manatee Rescued Through Multi-Agency Cooperation By Cora Berchem, Manatee Research and Multimedia Specialist This past winter was generally warm, area of , however, several cold fronts had hundreds Lake Eustis, and of manatees migrating to warm water sites Lake Griffin, it was to survive the coldest days of the year. Most extremely difficult to tiny.cc/bagorescue. of them made it to warm water in time, but confirm sightings and some did not. keep track of the manatee. As the water grew On January 29th, we participated with colder, and without a warm water source in our partners from the Manatee Rescue and the area, a multi-agency rescue was organized. Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) to assist After one failed attempt the week prior, with the rescue of a manatee near Lake this time the rescuers were able to corral the Griffin, FL. The manatee had been reported manatee into a shallow canal, encircle him by citizens over several weeks but, in the large with a net, pull him on to the rescue boat, and transport him to a waiting rescue truck. It was quickly determined that the manatee was severely cold stressed and in poor physical condition. Cold stress is a condition similar to hypothermia, frostbite, and pneumonia in people – severe or prolonged cold can compromise a manatee’s immune system, causing white lesions to form on the skin. Lesions were already covering the manatee’s body, so the decision was made to immediately transport him to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation. SeaWorld staff affectionately named the manatee “Bago” (pronounced Bay-go) due to the presence of many Winnebagos in a nearby mobile home park at the rescue location. Luckily, Bago’s rehabilitation was a success, and six months later he was cleared for release. On July 18th, we assisted our partners from the MRP with Bago’s release near Welaka in the St. John’s River. Prior to the release, Bago was outfitted with a satellite tracking device so researchers can track his movements and verify that he is doing well. Bago also had some significant scar patterns from previous Manatee Bago being prepared for his release collisions with motorboats, so they were back into the wild on July 18, 2019. Photo courtesy of Patrick Rose, Save the Manatee carefully recorded for re-identification later. Club. Hopefully, Bago will find his way to a suitable warm water habitat this winter. ■

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! 2 Tampa Bay Adoptees Elusive, But Millie Surprises All Tampa Bay and East Coast Adoption Update By Cora Berchem, Manatee Research and Multimedia Specialist

During the summer months, all the Tampa Bay adoptees as well as Chessie remained elusive with no sightings reported by our partners from FWC, Mote, and USGS. Illusion, however, was seen as recently as last December at the Riviera Beach power plant, so we are staying tuned for updates on her as the winter draws near. On the contrary, Millie lives up to her reputation of being a real traveler and was up for some surprises! During the 2018-19 winter season, she was seen at Blue Spring in December and then at the Port power plant in late January (see map). It is very unusual for a manatee to visit two warm water sites in one winter that are so far apart from each other. Then, in August and September, Millie was spotted back up North in the by both the public and by our partners from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI). It is fascinating to observe how manatees use so many different habitats and how they are able navigate between them. We are very curious to see where Millie will show up this winter! ■

Donate to SMC every time you shop on Amazon. Go to smile.amazon.com, select Save the Manatee Club as your preferred charity, and then log in as you normally would. Amazon will then donate the equivalent of .5% of your eligible purchases to the Club. Join Us This Giving ‘Teesday By Tonya Higgins, Director of Development and Operations

For me, this time of year is an emotional roller- As we celebrate greeting new and familiar coaster filled with joy, reflection, gratefulness, faces, the telling scars on the backs of most frustration, and, sometimes, sorrow. Although manatees serve as a reminder of the perils of we work to protect manatees wherever they live, manatee life, the gravity of our efforts and our enduring history of researching and protecting accomplishments, and the importance of our manatees at Blue Spring in particular is personally remaining steadfast as we work to achieve our impactful. As our specialists monitor the return of mission and goals. manatees to their warm-water winter sanctuary As we combat the ever-growing issues at Blue Spring State Park, each known manatee confronting manatees and their habitat through is affectionately welcomed home, new attendees our education, advocacy, legal, and rescue, are celebrated, and every new scar and injury is rehabilitation and release efforts, we are forever heartbreakingly documented. Whilst we remain mindful that it is you, our vital supporters, who grateful for the manatee lives that were spared enable our work and help us achieve our successes. from tragedy for another year, sometimes one of Without your help, I fear many more manatees our known friends does not return, and we are left would suffer needlessly at the hands of human wondering if we will ever get to see them again. activity. continued on page 7 3 Did you know that you can help fundraise for manatees. SMC 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 who selflessly dedicate your birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries to raise funds; or dedicate marathons and cross-country adventures; or have a campaign “just because,” we, and the manatees you help save, are grateful for your support. DISL Partners With FWC and the U.S. Coast Guard Alabama/DISL Adoption Update By Dr. Ruth Carmichael, Director of DISL/MSN and Elizabeth Hieb, Research Technician

As summer turns to fall, Dauphin Island Sea Lab’s Manatee Sighting Network (DISL/MSN) continues to stay busy conducting manatee research in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In our last update, we reported that Save the Manatee Club adoptee Bama had been spotted traveling in the near Orange Beach, Alabama. Since then, DISL/MSN has confirmed several more Bama sightings thanks to public reports from our citizen- science network! To report manatee sightings outside of Florida call 1-800-493-5803 or go to manatee.disl.org. During mid-August, Bama was seen with a group of at least five adult manatees traveling along the Dog River, an area frequently used by manatees in Alabama. In mid-September, videos submitted to DISL/MSN appear to show Bama with that same manatee herd spending time further north in Chickasaw Creek in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Known as a hotspot of DISL/MSN biologist Mackenzie Russell biodiversity, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta is often looks for manatees during aerial surveys in nicknamed “America’s Amazon,” and its rivers coastal Alabama. Photo courtesy of DISL/ and subembayments (recesses in the coastline) MSN contributor J. Briggs. provide abundant aquatic vegetation for hungry manatees! surveys throughout 2019. Our goal is to pair In addition to keeping up with publicly aerial observation data with publicly reported reported sightings, this year, the DISL/MSN manatee sighting data to better estimate team has also been conducting aerial surveys seasonal manatee abundance in Alabama to observe manatees in coastal Alabama waters. This information will be important to waters. In partnership with aerial observers guide future management and recovery efforts from FWC and Clearwater Marine Aquarium, for manatees throughout the southeastern and with the help of volunteer pilots from U.S. ■ the U.S. Coast Guard, we’ve flown bi-monthly

Remember Save the Manatee® Club in your will or living trust, name the Club as a beneficiary in your life insurance policy or retirement plan, or give gifts of real estate or 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) nonprofit organization. Our federal tax identification number (EIN) is 59-3131709. Thank you for caring! 4 SMC and Others Challenge Florida’s Water Quality Plans By Anne Harvey, Staff Attorney

After months of dedicated preparation, the specific projects and associated funding in order Administrative Hearing to determine the future to reduce pollution from septic, sewage, and of Florida’s springs and spring runs, scheduled to agriculture; to develop a remediation plan for begin September 3rd, was postponed due to the communities where more than 20% of pollution imminent arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The hearing, comes from septic systems; and to account for rescheduled for mid-November, challenges the nutrient management from future regional growth. state’s ineffective water quality plans, known Each of the challenged BMAPs fails in every respect. as Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs) for In Volusia Blue Spring, over half of nitrogen 15 Outstanding Florida Springs (OFS). Save the pollution comes from septic systems, yet DEP has Manatee Club is a petitioner in the case, where proposed no projects to connect septic tanks to we are advocating for stronger protections for municipal sewage treatment. For basins dominated the critical manatee habitat at Volusia Blue Spring. by agriculture pollution, the situation is even more While the weather delay was unavoidable, grim. The BMAP will only reduce the endless foot-dragging on the part of the nitrogen loading by 23% of the amount necessary state agencies was not. For decades, Floridians to reach its water quality goals, even if the plan have watched the decline of the state’s unique, works perfectly. crystalline springs. Now, many of these ecosystems Under the leadership of the Florida Springs are on the verge of collapse. Despite encouraging Council, Save the Manatee Club and six other language about environmental conservation and environmental organizations filed suit. The water quality protection from politicians, the state challenges cover the Santa Fe River, Suwannee has failed in its duty to develop meaningful plans. River, Silver and Rainbow Springs, Wekiwa and The Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act, Rock Springs, and Volusia Blue Spring basins. passed in 2016 under voter pressure to address the The challenges were brought by the Ichetucknee increase of toxic algae, required the Department of Alliance, Our Santa Fe River, Save the Manatee Environmental Protection (DEP) to adopt BMAPs Club, the Suwannee-St. Johns Sierra Club, Silver for each of the state’s 24 OFS that would achieve Springs Alliance, Rainbow River Conservation, water quality goals for nutrient levels within 20 and the Friends of , as well as several years. The statute requires the BMAPs to identify private individuals. ■

Seven springs advocacy organizations, including SMC, will go to Court in November to challenge five BMAPs that together cover a large part of the state and are important manatee habitat.

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instagram.com/adoptamanatee twitter.com/savethemanatee 5 Roll Call: More Than Just Counting Manatees Blue Spring State Park Adoption Update By Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist

People often ask what I do once the 7th this season, that became my dividing time. manatee season is over. Well, with the fun part Manatees seen before January 1st and again of greeting, recording, and photographing after January 7th were counted as "staying the manatees over, I get to do paperwork the season." I can also work out how many and organize all the data I’ve recorded. One individuals were seen each month. This season of the primary tasks is to transfer the daily was as follows: October=24, November=298, roll calls from the field notebook to daily December=561, January=558, February=421, attendance sheets in a three-ring notebook. March=177, and April=22. Manatees base their In the field notes the manatees are listed in behavior on temperature, not on our calendar. a rather haphazard manner, written down as Our Blue Spring webcam stayed up they are seen. In the daily attendance sheets throughout the summer season, surviving even the manatees are in number order and a lightning strikes, until it had to be taken down checkmark is recorded next to their name if for Hurricane Dorian. With video from the they are in. This neat and orderly record is webcam and information from our Volunteer much easier to work with. It also allows me Manatee Observers we were able to see quite to spot any errors. For example, I thought we a few manatees. The adoptees included Gator, saw 697 individual manatees this past season, who appeared eight times! We saw Margarito but it was actually 695. I am also able to work twice which, percentagewise, is better than out how many manatees stayed the winter, he did during the manatee season. Phyllis was dependent on Blue Spring for warmth. This also in twice without her calf. Like her mother, season it was 406 � the highest number yet. Phoebe, she weans as soon as possible. Brutus That was 21 over the record number I recorded and Floyd also stopped in but only for one day in 2012-13. each. First, I presume any manatee that was seen Among the non-adoptees, Gigi, "88," Amy, before and after January stayed the season. and Volusia have come in to show off their Then I check to see if this makes sense with calves. Many other calves have been in, but the weather patterns in January. As very few the mother could not be ID’d. ■ manatees came in between January 1st and Watch the Manatee Cam! manatv.org

SMC adoptee Gator (left) and another manatee explore Blue Spring. Photo courtesy of Cora Berchem, Save the Manatee Club.

Does the company you work for 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 1-800-432-5646. 6 Homosassa Springs Update continued from page 1 safety of the wild manatees that visit the warm manatees? If so, Homosassa Springs Wildlife Homosassa spring. State Park is taking applications for our seasonal Ariel, Electra, and Betsy have continued manatee watch volunteers. This position is for to enjoy periodic changes in their spring run someone who loves kayaking and educating home. Volunteers maintain the floating wetlands visitors that come to view our beloved manatees. located in the spring run, drawing the curious This is a committed position and requires at least Betsy over to see if she can sneak a veggie one, four-hour shift per week. The season starts snack. While less interested in the wetlands November 15th and ends March 31st. For more project, Ariel was observed investigating the information, and to apply online, visit volunteers. newly installed receiver that tracks the arrival of floridastateparks.org. fish with radio tags. Usually keeping to herself, Plan a visit to Homosassa Springs Wildlife Electra’s inquisitiveness heightened as wild State Park where you can see our three Save the manatees and additional fish arrived on the river- Manatee Club adoptable manatees year-round side of the Long River Bridge. and learn about many of Florida’s other native Do you like the outdoors, kayaking, and animals. ■

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Winter Festivals continued from page 1 advocates to please consider joining Save the Featured Festivals: Manatee Club’s Volunteer Team by signing up Florida Manatee Festival savethemanatee.org/volunteer online at . January 18 & 19, 2020 Two of the largest manatee festivals are listed Downtown , Citrus County, FL here. For a full look ahead at other festivals where More info at: gomanateefest.com we need volunteer help, check out “Upcoming Events” on our volunteer page, which is updated Blue Spring Manatee Festival regularly. Email [email protected] if you January 25 & 26, 2020 are interested and able to help volunteer for an Valentine Park & Blue Spring State Park event. If there is an event in your area that you Orange City, Volusia County, FL would be willing to lead, please let me know! ■ More info at: themanateefestival.com

Learn about manatees and have fun while you do! Watch videos, find cool facts, get educational resources, and find out where you can see manatees in person. For all of this, and more, go to savethemanatee.org/coolstuff.

Giving Tuesday continued from page 3 Today, we ask for your continued kindness manatees themselves, in their natural, peaceful, and support for our treasured manatee friends. environment.) You can learn more about this event Please join us in celebrating this manatee season by visiting us at savethemanatee.org/givingteesday, on Giving Tuesday (December 3) as we livestream or on any of our social media platforms. from Blue Spring and highlight examples of the Thank you, and we hope you will stand with us solutions Save the Manatee Club provides to this manatee season as we continue our work to reduce the number of manatees harassed, injured, be your voice for manatees worldwide. ■ killed, or left orphaned. (And, of course, feature 7 Manatee Merchandise Find these items and more at shopsavethemanatee.org. For questions please call our toll free number at 1-800-432-5646, or email [email protected].

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