Tackling Issues To Protect Manatees And Their Habitat By Katie Tripp, Ph.D., Director of Science and Conservation

t has been a busy time for comment letters, with communications going out to the Southwest Florida Water Management District for their Kings Bay Surface Water Improvement Management (SWIM) Plan for Citrus County. We served on the Technical Working Group that helped identify Plan projects and their District Regional Water Supply Plan. We also provided comments on the Central Florida Water Initiative (cfwiwater.com) and to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the Silver Springs Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP), Surface Water Quality Standards Triennial Review, and Mooring Field General Permit rulemaking. Additionally, we provided comments to the federal Surface Transportation Board regarding a plan for rail- based cargo shipping from Port Canaveral that could have negative impacts on the Indian River Lagoon. We also provided comments to the Army Corps of Engineers on the Miami Boat Show, which could cause resource impacts as currently proposed in a new location. We attended a DEP Much of the Club's work for manatees involves workshop wherein alternative protection of habitat, like these feeding areas near methods for meeting state Blue Spring State Park on the St. Johns River. water quality standards under Photo by Katie Tripp.

continued on page 7 Watch Manatees On The Webcams! By Nancy Sadusky, Director of Online Communications

The weather is cooler in Florida, and that means the return of manatees to warm-water areas throughout the state. At Blue Spring State Park, Wayne Hartley, Save the Manatee Club’s Manatee Specialist, goes out almost daily to do his “Manatee Roll Calls.” You may not be there in person, but you can still watch the manatees on the Club's Blue Spring webcams at manatv.org. The Official Newsletter of The Club has strategically placed Save the Manatee® Club underwater and above-water cameras 500 N. Maitland Ave. in the park’s spring run to provide Maitland, FL 32751 live streaming of endangered manatees and other Florida wildlife. November, Volume 34 The webcams have viewers from Issue #4 of 2015 around the world and allow people Published four times a year to observe manatees in their natural in March, June, September environment. You can see manatees and November. playing and cavorting and view them up close and in real time. Visitors to Caught on the Webcams: Manatees having the webcams will also see alligators fun in the waters of the Blue Spring Run. Artwork by Nancy Blauers Nancy by Artwork Photo © Save the Manatee Club. continued on page 6 Processing My Blue Spring Manatee Research By Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist – Blue Spring Adoption Update

ith manatee season just now starting, the Project, and I review the webcam film clips to add manatees having been scattered throughout identifications. I often ID manatees in pictures taken the St. Johns River and points beyond, along the St. Johns River. Sometimes this is sad as there are few adoptee updates to give. One the pictures are from the Marine Mammal Biologists exception is Amber, Squeaky’s mom, who dropped by in at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation August with a new calf. Commission (FWC) Field Labs of manatees that have During the summer, I have a chance to catch up on died. This summer such photos have allowed me to office work, processing all that happened the previous identify Hogan, a very old and very large manatee winter. I put my daily counts on attendance sheets that that first came to Blue Spring in 1999, and Necro, list all the manatees in for the season, and I check off a young female that died of undetermined causes. those that were in that day. Air and water temperatures Recently I was informed of the death of Jessica. are also entered. The FWC did not need me to ID her since she had With that done, I can figure out how many manatees Passive Integrated Transponder tags from her time in were in for the season; how many truly stayed the rehabilitation at Sea World for a flipper amputation winter; how many individuals were in each month of the caused by line entanglement. Jessica was killed by a season. I also have other records to update, including boat in Jacksonville at age twenty-four. She had seven a list of all the breeding females and their calves, the siblings, nine calves, eight grandcalves and three great genealogies of the primary matriarchies at Blue Spring, grandcalves. an entanglement record, and a list of captive releases at Now that I am caught up, another manatee season Blue Spring. begins! I also label the pictures taken by the USGS Sirenia

Sign up to receive our Action Alerts, E-Newsletter, and Manatee Gift notices at savethemanatee.org/signup. Be An Active Participant During Manatee Awareness Month By Janice Nearing, Director of Public Relations

November is Manatee Awareness Month in Florida, and at Save the Manatee Club, where saving endangered manatees and their habitat is our only mission, we ask for everyone’s extra help in raising public awareness this month and beyond. To the boating community in Florida, be on the lookout for migrating manatees as they swim to warmer waters as cooler weather sets in. If you see a manatee in distress, call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s 24-hour Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922. Also, email Save the Manatee Club at [email protected] and ask for our free public awareness materials to protect manatees, including boating For Manatee Awareness Month, join our Volunteer Team! Staff banners and decals, protection-tips cards, an education table at events, like volunteers Deb & Doug Brown and dock signs for Florida shoreline (l-r in photo) and Tamara & Tim Carroll are doing here. Photo property owners. courtesy the Carrolls. To anyone who can spare some time, think about volunteering for the Club. We are always in need of dedicated volunteers to staff education tables at events and give manatee presentations wherever you may live. Join the Club’s Volunteer Team online at savethemanatee.org/volunteer. To everyone around the world, watch manatees to your heart’s content on the Club’s webcams located at Blue Spring State Park, Florida. We literally reach millions of people with our important manatee conservation message. 2 Check out manatv.org and tell your friends. Exciting News–Protecting West African Manatees! By Katie Tripp, Ph.D., Director of Science and Conservation

n August 2014, Save the Manatee Club (SMC) began a collaboration with the Tropical Research and Conservation Center (TRCC) in Nigeria to provide community education about manatee biology and conservation in a village known to use traps to poach endangered West African manatees in the country’s lowland rainforest region. The village has also been undertaking sand mining and slash-and-burn agricultural practices that were eroding the riverbank and degrading water qual- ity. Many manatees in the region obtain their food from shorelines and overhanging trees, meaning ero- sion posed not only an indirect water quality threat, but also caused a direct loss of the manatees’ food source. The river additionally provides drinking and irrigation water for the village, so erosion control would also benefit the village. Residents of the Nyareenyin Ntong Uno Village, The community manatee education program reached along the Kwa Iboe River in Nigeria, conduct the men and youths in the village known to be engaged environmental monitoring as a result of a in hunting or farming activities. Participants learned program started by the Club and TRCC. Photo by about threats to the West African manatees and how Ikponke Nkanta. they could help protect manatees that passed through their village. Historically, manatees were considered law. Volunteers were also trained in sustainable sacred and were not hunted, but the loss of cultural watershed practices; tree planting; environmental beliefs, along with socio-economic changes, caused monitoring to ensure no further shoreline destruction; manatees to lose this inherent protection. The program and in recording manatee sightings. culminated in the development of a Community During the educational program, it became clear that Manatee Conservation Committee and a Conservation the five village manatee poachers would be willing Plan with by-laws for the village. The village council to stop if they had access to an alternative livelihood. will implement and enforce the plan as a community In December 2014, SMC provided $2,000 for a

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Winter Is On the Way–Welcome Wild Manatees! By Tricia Fowler, Wildlife Care Supervisor— Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park Update

With the winter season time grabbing it off the surface alike. We are very proud of our approaching, everything is going before it floats too far away. Manatee Watch Program and the well here at the Park. Our four We are now gearing up for this incredible impact we are able to girls, Rosie, Lorelei, Ariel, and year’s Manatee Watch season, make each winter. Electra, have had a good summer which starts on November 15th. November 15th is also the date and fall seasons. Several months We are in the process of recruiting we welcome the wild manatees ago they were introduced to coastal new volunteers for our program. into the Park. The gates to the main hay as a part of their new diet. This The Park has an amazing team spring, provided by funding from hay mimics the natural vegetation of Manatee Watch volunteers SMC, will be opened allowing they would be eating in the wild that spend their days on the river the wild manatees access to the and provides them with benefits educating boaters and swimmers warmer water. This is always a fun they were not getting with just about manatees. Thanks to Save time of year. The wild manatees romaine lettuce. The waterway at the Manatee Club (SMC), we have are extremely curious and can the park has also been producing a a fantastic pontoon boat that is often be seen people watching, good amount of native duckweed also used for our program. The peeking through the underwater this summer, and the girls love boat allows the volunteers to easily observatory windows. Please join it. As the duckweed floats navigate the Blue Waters while the fun and come visit us here at downstream, the manatees spend interacting with tourists and locals the Park. 3 Sign Up Today For The Virtual Save The Manatee 5K!

ooking for a unique way to help support Florida’s endangered manatees? Try participating in the Virtual Save the Manatee 5K. The actual event is held each May in Michigan, however manatee advocates anywhere in the world can now take part virtually. Last year, over 500 people in eight countries supported the race, with all proceeds going toward Save the Manatee Club’s conservation efforts. The virtual race is open to all ages, and it doesn’t matter where you live. You simply register online or mail in the registration form below. The 13th annual race in Michigan is May 21, 2016, however you can complete the event on a A truly international event! Elli (left) & day and time of Tuulia in Finland picked a suitable route your choosing by and timeframe for their virtual run. Photo running, walking, by Matti Humalamaki. jogging, swimming, cycling, kayaking, anywhere across the globe! All participants receive a manatee race T-shirt, race bib number, and finisher’s medal for only $32. Once completed, share your pictures and videos at Save the Manatee Club’s Facebook page. Register online now at everalracemgt.com or mail the registration form below to the 5K’s race director, Lesley Argiri, 37855 De Prez Court, Harrison Township, MI, 48045. Please Jennifer and Vincent (vacationing make checks payable to L’Anse Creuse High School. If you have from California with Jennifer’s sister) any questions about the 5K, please contact Lesley directly at ran the Virtual 5K in Melbourne, [email protected], or visit savethemanatee5K.com for more Florida. Photo by Christi Curren. information. ______Please detach and send this portion with your $32 payment (check or money order). One form per runner or walker. This form may be copied. You can also register online at everalracemgt.com. We appreciate and thank you for your support! Sorry, no refunds.

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e are proud to let you know that Save the Manatee Club’s 2015 calendar won Best of Category in Calendars at the 2015 Florida Print Awards. The Club’s Executive Director, Patrick Rose, was recently presented with the framed award from Jim Housley at Progressive Communications in Lake Mary, Florida. We also think the Club’s 35th Anniversary wall calendar for 2016 is exceptional, filled with awe-inspiring full-color manatee photos, educational facts, a beautiful 13th bonus image, 12 bonus thumbnail photos, and a discount code inside that gives you 20% off your next purchase from the Club’s online store (shopsavethemanatee.org). Prominent wildlife photographers donated their amazing images for our use in the calendar. Next year, the Club celebrates its 35th Anniversary, and in recognition of this milestone, we’re selling our special Anniversary Edition wall calendar as a commemorative item for manatee enthusiasts everywhere for $14.99. Add our calendar to your holiday shopping list! It’s a remarkable way to help manatees – proceeds go towards Jim Housley (left) holds the 2016 calendar our vital, manatee life-saving efforts. To purchase the after presenting the framed award to Patrick calendar, go to shopsavethemanatee.org or call 1-800- Rose for the 2015 calendar. Photo courtesy 432-JOIN (5646). Progressive Communications. 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!

Sell your items on eBay’s “Giving Works” and help the Club in its conservation mission to protect manatees and their habitat! Find out more at bit.ly/smc-givingworks. Manatees Seen In Chesapeake Bay Area Again! By Michelle Culver, Save the Manatee Club Intern—Tampa Bay and East Coast Adoption Update

Mote Marine Laboratory observed Jemp participating the manatees have not been clear enough to confirm an in a mating herd in Sarasota Bay on June 18th. There identity. Photos of any scars or unique features, obtained have been no more official sightings of Jemp or any without disturbing the manatee, would be helpful to other adopted Tampa Bay or East Coast manatees. identify manatees sighted outside of Florida. Submit This summer, there have been a number of manatee any photos to your local Marine Mammal Stranding sightings hundreds of miles from Florida. In July, Network. Find phone numbers for these networks at manatees were seen in the Chesapeake Bay area in www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/report.htm. Maryland and Delaware. There were two more manatee Manatees face serious threats in cold water, so it sightings, both in New Jersey, at Point Pleasant Beach is critical that they return to Florida as summer turns and at David Beaton and Sons boatyard, in August and to fall. Please report any manatees sighted outside of September, respectively. Florida after the summer to your local Marine Mammal There is some speculation that Chessie or Ilya may be Stranding Network. among the manatees spotted, but the submitted photos of 5 Watch Manatees On The Webcams! Continued from page 1 and a variety of Florida fish, birds, and turtles, and check to see if your adopted manatee is in and read learn why Blue Spring is a vital habitat for manatees about other manatee visitors to the park. In addition, and other species. video clips are featured on the webcam page, and you Wayne’s scar charts are available at the webcam site, can visit the Club’s Livestream library to view archived and you can use them to identify individual manatees. webcam footage. His manatee updates are included as well, and you can Go to manatv.org today and watch the manatees! Cool Manatee Stuff ! Learn about manatees, and have fun doing it! Watch a video, listen to manatee sounds, and much more. Go to savethemanatee.org/coolstuff. There, you will also find links to our Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram pages.

Exciting News–Protecting West African Manatees! Continued from page 3 sustainable alternative livelihood educate visitors and to also better the riverbank in February 2015 with project to end poaching in the manage their shorelines. Manatee the help of a local non-government village. The funds were used to set sightings occur three to four times a organization named Environmental up a snail farm and to mentor the week, and we are exploring options and Life Resources. villagers in cooperative farming with TRCC and the village to set up To contribute to SMC’s practices. Giant African land snails a sustainable, land-based manatee international work, please visit: are a common food source in eco-tourism opportunity. savethemanatee.org/donation several West African countries. The Ministry of Agriculture and (under Gift Designation, choose The village fully supports the Natural Resources is assisting with "Direct my gift to" and choose the manatee conservation project, and shoreline management, and TRCC "International Rescue Fund" from the residents are interested in utiliz- secured funds to plant 1,000 trees the dropdown box). ing their new knowledge to help (including fruit-bearing trees) along 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. Thanks for checking it out. Sad News: Zewie Dies From Probable Boat Strike By Dr. Ruth Carmichael and Elizabeth Hieb —Alabama Adoption Update

It is with genuine sadness that the Dauphin Island probable acute watercraft strike. Sea Lab’s Manatee Sighting Network (DISL/MSN) must Zewie’s death is the first warm-weather mortality of report the death of Save the Manatee Club adoptee Zewie an adult manatee in Alabama since DISL/MSN began (TMA003). Zewie was first tagged by the DISL/MSN its manatee research program in 2007, and it is the first team in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta near Mobile, Alabama, known mortality due to a boat strike. The DISL/MSN in 2010. He was known as a regular seasonal visitor to team will use data from the analysis of Zewie’s life Alabama waters, becoming a popular and familiar sight history and death to better understand all manatees that to local residents during the past five years. Zewie was frequently travel hundreds of miles along the northern an explorer, traveling from Crystal River, Florida, to as Gulf of Mexico coast each season. far west as Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, during his By continuing to learn and share data about manatees seasonal migration along the northern Gulf of Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico outside of Florida, we hope to coast. He was also a gregarious manatee and was often spread awareness of manatee presence in local waterways sighted socializing with other manatees. and work to prevent future watercraft strikes and other The DISL/MSN team confirmed Zewie’s death on human related injury or death. Thank you all for your August 21, 2015, when he was recovered from Mobile ongoing support of our program, and please continue to Bay, Alabama. Necropsy results and subsequent keep an eye out for the many other manatees still in our 6 veterinary assessment identified the cause of death as local waters. Tackling Issues To Protect Manatees And Their Habitat continued from page 1 the federal Clean Water Act were discussed. We provided very detailed comments to the U.S. You can request a hi-res jpeg of this ad for your company Fish and Wildlife Service in response to their Draft newsletters. E-mail: [email protected] Environmental Assessment for in-water access at Three Sisters Springs. We reviewed a first draft of the Flagler County Manatee Protection Plan in September, a long awaited document that leaves much to be desired. Unfortunately, it seems the primary reason the County is working on the Plan is to facilitate more waterfront development. Also in September, we filed a motion to intervene on behalf of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conserva- tion Commission in a rule challenge against speed zones in Western Pinellas County. We continue to review development applications and consumptive use permit applications for water withdrawals, and to work with citizens concerned about projects in their com- munities. We began our strategic planning for 2016 early in the fall of 2015, setting meetings with agency representatives to learn what they were planning for the upcoming year so that we might set out our own strategy. We continue to work with a number of coalitions around the state. Please visit the following links to learn more about some of our collaborative work: ► The Floridians Against Fracking Coalition: facebook.com/FLNoFrack ► The Floridians’ Clean Water Declaration Campaign: wewantcleanwater.com ► The Florida Springs Council: springsforever.org/?page_id=416 ► The Manatee Rescue & Rehabilitation Partnership: manateerescue.org

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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) By Dr. Ruth Carmichael and Elizabeth Hieb —Alabama Adoption Update nonprofit organization. Our federal tax identification number is 59-3131709. Thank you for caring!

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8 Visit shopsavethemanatee.org or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) to order today. Big-Eyed Manatee Wedding Cake Topper Manatee Plush If you are getting married or happen Look into this manatee’s big to know of someone blue eyes and you will fall in getting married who love! He is so cute and fluffy loves manatees, that any child or adult will be then this cake thrilled to receive him. He is topper is for you! 13" long and is looking for a This has to be the Get your 2016 limited edition 35th Anniversary items early while supplies last! loving home to call his own. Make someone’s day by ordering this cutest wedding cake manatee plush for them, and maybe order one for yourself as well! topper you will ever Item #41015 Price $10.95 find. The "manatee groom" is wearing a black top hat and a bow tie, and the "manatee bride" is wearing a pearl veil and a pearl ring on her left flipper. They come together, but are not attached, My Matching so you can sit them on your cake however you wish. Each one is handmade here in Florida, so every one is unique. Manatee They each measure 4" long by 2.8" tall. My Matching Manatee is the perfect gift Item #110908 Price: $38.00 for any child! You will receive a plush manatee wearing a Save the Manatee Club T-shirt, either in your choice of green or pink, and a matching T-shirt and Manatee Mindfulness Book color for the child! How fun is that? The “Manatee Mindfulness and Other Wildlife Wisdom” children’s T-shirts come in three sizes: 2T, expresses inspirational quotes of the marine animals in 3T, and 4T. our world. It is a relaxing book that teaches us ways to Item #6116 Price $25.00 help out and conserve our world, not only for ourselves, but for the animals that we share My Matching it with every day. The Manatee quotes on each page correspond to a gorgeous Gift Set photo of a marine animal This Matching Manatee Gift Set is the taken by the author perfect gift for any child! In this set you Simone Lipscomb. Simone dedicated this book to two will receive a plush manatee wearing a manatees that were released, named Magnolia and Save the Manatee Club T-shirt (either in Spirit. It measures 9" by 6", and contains 35 quotes and your choice of green or pink), a matching photos. Hand-signed by Simone Lipscomb. T-shirt in the same color for the child, Item #36555 Price $16.00 and a $25 Adoption Gift Certificate for them to adopt their very own manatee! The children’s T-shirts come in three sizes: 2T, 3T, and 4T. Black Zip-Up Item #5115 Price $50.00 Manatee Koozie What better way to keep your drink ice cold than by putting on this PJ Tank Top, PJ Pants, & manatee koozie. Perfect for anyone, with its neutral black coloring, and it Socks Set helps out manatees by featuring Save You are going to love this adorable pajama the Manatee Club’s website right set! It includes a manatee pajama tank top, underneath an adorable manatee. a pair of long pajama pants, and a pair of Also, it has a zipper on the back to manatee socks. All items are made from make putting it on and taking it off 100% cotton. Save money by buying as a a breeze. Don’t miss out on this custom Save the Manatee set. These items come in junior women sizes Club design that you can only get through us. S (3-5), M (7-9), L (11-13), and XL (15-17). Socks come in one size only, (9-11). Item #32417 Price $4.75 Item #7011 Price $36.25

Visit shopsavethemanatee.org or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) to order today. 9 Coconut 35th Anniversary Adult Sweatshirt Our Special Edition 35th Anniversary design is now being Manatee made into a super-comfy, long-sleeve sweatshirt! With the art Necklace & done by the amazingly talented Nancy Blauers, Earrings Set the front features a one- This one-of-a-kind necklace of-a-kind drawing of two and earrings set was made in manatees holding a Save Belize, all out of a coconut. the Manatee Club ribbon, Everything on these items, from the shaping, to the little tiny and underneath in gold details, are all handmade. You are able to change the length the words "Celebrating 35 of the necklace, from 9" to 13". It is truly a great set you can Years." Wear it to show wear every day! Also makes for a perfect gift set! your support, helping us continue to save manatees Item #52117 Price $24.00 for more years to come! Available in Adult sizes S, M, L, and XL. No scratchy tags to dig into your neck, since these are tagless. Stainless Steel Item #90116 Price $28.95 Manatee Bangle This bangle is one that will get all your friends and family talking. It Manatee Can Holder & is so cute, easy to wear, and with the little manatee dangle charm Bottle Opener Set on it, you really can't go wrong. It Get this perfect gift set for is made of stainless steel, so there the manatee lover in your life. will be no rusting or turning of This set includes two of our color. popular items, the manatee Item #41615 Price $18.95 can holder, and the manatee bottle opener magnet. You can buy both separately if you’d like, or you can save money by buying them as a set! It makes a great holiday gift! 35th Anniversary Adult T-Shirt Item #62115 Pr ice $7.00 Our Special Edition 35th Anniversary T-shirt, with art done by the amazingly talented artist, Nancy Blauers. Our Club logo is shown on the front of this Big Manatee Face Shirt (Adult) heather gray, pre-shrunk, This has to be the cutest 100% cotton shirt. The manatee T-shirt ever! Just back features a one-of- look at that face. You a-kind drawing of two will definitely get a lot of manatees holding a Save compliments on this shirt, the Manatee Club ribbon, and it will also help bring and underneath in gold up the topic of helping the the words "Celebrating manatees. It is made from 35 Years." Wear it to show your continuing support, helping us save 100% cotton material that manatees for more years to come! Available in Adult Sizes S, M, L, is pre-shrunk so it is ready XL, and XXL. No scratchy tags to dig into your neck, since these to go. It comes in Adult T-shirts are tagless. Sizes S, M, L, and XL. Also available in Youth Sizes, so Item #93516 Price $18.95 you can match your kids! Item #56201 Price $22.00

10 Visit shopsavethemanatee.org or call 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) to order today. Big Manatee Manatee Face Shirt Baby Booties Don’t go another day without (Youth) having a pair of these manatee The cutest manatee T-shirt ever! booties! They are super cute, Just look at that face. You will perfect for any baby from get many compliments on this newborn age to one year old. shirt when you wear it. It is made These are not your ordinary baby from 100% cotton material that is booties; there is a 3D manatee face on the front, flippers on the pre-shrunk so it is ready to go. It sides, and a tail on the back. This is the cutest pair of booties, so comes in Youth Sizes S, M, L, and don’t pass them up! XL. Also available in Adult Sizes! Item #41517 Pr ice $7.95 Item #56291 Price $16.00 35th Anniversary Youth T-Shirt Our Special Edition 35th Anniversary 35th T-shirt, with art by the talented Nancy Blauers. The front of this Anniversary heather gray, pre-shrunk, 100% cotton shirt, features a one-of-a-kind Coffee Mug drawing of two manatees holding Our new Special Edition 35th a Save the Manatee Club ribbon, Anniversary design, made and underneath in gold, the words by the one and only Nancy "Celebrating 35 Years." Wear it to Blauers, is now offered on show your continuing support for the a coffee mug! Who would protection of manatees! Available in Youth Sizes XS, S, M, L, and XL. want a boring, plain-old coffee mug, when you can have No scratchy tags to dig into your neck, since these T-shirts are tagless. one with two adorable manatees on it. Keep it at home, or Item #93515 Price $12.95 show it off at work – either way, you will love having this mug! It holds 15 oz. Item #93510 Price $10.95 Filbert the Plush Toy Meet Mega Filbert! He’s an Mollee Manatee endearing plush in a two-color design with very soft fur. Visits The Machine-washable, and for ages 18 months and up. Measures Reindeer 5" H X 20" L. Makes a great People Book gift and a wonderful addition to your manatee collection. Mollee is a charming and precocious manatee who Item #90099 Price $15.95 lives in an ideal world – until she is chosen to be an ambassador for the goodwill of her species. With the help How to Order: of a magic sea-bean, Mollee is transformed from a sea • Order online at shopsavethemanatee.org, where creature to a land animal, and her journey to find out about you can also view more merchandise for sale. other species and cultures begins. As Mollee searches for • Order by phone. Call toll-free 1-800-432-JOIN (5646) in the illusive Reindeer People, she travels through a magical the United States and Canada. For International Orders,­ land, learning about the people and their way of life. She meets a horse who takes her to visit the Reindeer People, call 407-539-0990. Our office hours are Monday­ and she soon discovers their secrets of survival in the face through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. of extinction and climate change. She also learns how they •  Should you wish to pay by check, please call us toll-free manage to live in peace with another species. What Mollee for your shipping costs at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). experiences from these compassionate people and their reindeer may change her life forever. • All orders shipped to a Florida address will be charged Item #1017 Price $21.95 a 6.5% sales tax.

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