Manatee Downlisting Not Supported by Science Or Law by Anne Harvey Holbrook, Staff Attorney

Manatee Downlisting Not Supported By Science or Law By Anne Harvey Holbrook, Staff Attorney

ou’ve probably heard the news: manatees have been downlisted to threatened status under the Endangered Species Act. Unfortunately, this is not the great victory for the species that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and some news organizations are touting it as. This is not a victory for manatees, orY conservation, or science. This is a victory for anti-regulation interests who seek to dismantle endangered species and other environmental protections. It may be helpful to provide a little background: In 2007, the Service conducted a 5-year status review for the manatee, concluding that the species may be sufficiently recovered from the brink of extinction to warrant a reclassification. However, the years that followed saw record deaths from new and increasing threats, including cold Threats to manatees and their habitat continue to increase, stress in 2010-2011, which is why downlisting is premature at this time, and it is red tide in 2013, dangerous. Above, Lily at Blue Spring, is an example of the and an unexplained perils manatees still face. Photo by Cora Berchem, Save the mortality event on Manatee Club. the Indian River Lagoon in 2013 with a resurgence in 2015. And 2016 saw a record 104 mortalities from watercraft collisions. In 2012, the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), a nationwide anti-regulation law firm, filed a legal petition and threatened a lawsuit on behalf of a group of local property owners called Save Crystal River to downlist the manatee. The manatee downlisting fits into PLF’s national campaign to erode our nation’s key environmental laws; the organization recently testified in congressional hearings to advocate for reduced

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The Official Newsletter of Save the Manatee® Club Please Take Action: 500 N. Maitland Ave. Maitland, FL 32751 Save the Manatee Club continues to work hard to protect manatees and their habitat. In addition to the downlisting issue, we are working to conserve and June, Volume 36 restore the manatees' essential aquatic ecosystems, including natural springs Issue #2 of 2017 habitat, by ensuring protective minimum flows and water quality standards for Published four times a year springs and coastal systems. in March, June, September, Much of this effort requires the ability to bring legal challenges if the need and November. arises. You can help by donating to our legal fund at bit.ly/2LegalDonate. You can also take action by sharing this newsletter and educating your friends and family about the continued need for strong protections for manatees. Artwork by Nancy Blauers Nancy by Artwork Get Your Free Public Awareness Materials By Janice Nearing, Director of Public Relations

lorida is called the boating capital of the world, and with these hot and sun-filled days upon us, the summer boating season is in full swing. Save the Manatee Club (Club) cautions the boating community to use vigilance to avoid injuring manatees and other marine life, as the busy waterways provide important habitat for many species. Manatees are constantly on the move, foraging and mating, and boaters are urged to be on the lookout for these slow-moving gentle mammals. The Club produces and distributes a variety of free public awareness materials. Yellow “caution” waterproof banners with the message, “Please Slow, Manatees Below,” are available to Florida Save the Manatee Club’s Science and Outreach Coordinator, Jenna boating enthusiasts. The banners Golden, holding the Club’s popular boating banner, often used by alert other boaters to the presence of boaters, kayakers, and canoeists on Florida’s waterways. It can help manatees in the area and can be very save manatees from injuries and deaths. Photo by Cora Berchem, helpful in protecting manatees from Save the Manatee Club. potential harm. Also available are dock signs for Florida shoreline property owners, boat decals, and waterproof manatee protection tips cards. Download the free Manatee Alert app for iPhones and iPads at bit.ly/ManateeApp. The app helps users be better informed to protect manatees and contribute to preserving our environment. You can get the free public awareness materials by e-mailing the Club at [email protected] or by calling toll free at 1-800-432-JOIN (5646). Send Your Gift Cards and Help the Club! Dig through your purses, wallets, and catch-all drawers, and use the envelope enclosed with this newsletter to send us that collection of unused gift and pre- paid cards. We will convert them for you to lifesaving funds for manatees. Recap – It Was Another Busy Season! By Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist Blue Spring Adoption Update

The season began on November season stands at 507. This is about Then as February went along, 15th and ended on March 24th. The a 20 manatee increase over the past more adoptees left—Deep Dent season calf count was at 50. The last few seasons. Our high count for a and Rocket on the 6th, Floyd on calf was brought in by Lemon on single roll call was down by about the 11th, and Lenny on the 19th. January 9th and was only a day or 50 to 407. The warm winter let Aqua, Howie, Philip, Phyllis, and two old. The new-born immediately the manatees move all season and Whiskers stopped coming in on became known as Lime! After a boosted the numbers seen. March 17th. Brutus showed his thorough check of the data, the The first of the adoptees to depart independence by going alone on number of manatees seen during the us was Margarito on January 31st. March 18th. The next day Doc,

2 continued on page 5 Needs for International Support Grow By Katie Tripp, Ph.D., Director of Science & Conservation

ll of the items from our holiday wish list have successfully arrived at Wildtracks in Belize and are helping the manatees in rehabilitation there. We were also able to work with a wetsuit manufacturer in California to produce a special suit to assist manatees in Belize to maintain their buoyancy while they are recovering from lung cavity injuries caused by watercraft strikes. Our collaborator in Nigeria continues to expand his work to more villages, where with the support of Save the Manatee Club (SMC), the villagers are provided an economically viable alternative to killing manatees for food and an incentive to protect them instead. Next year, he hopes to bring representatives from the villages together at a conservation summit. Once again we provided Spanish educational materials to collaborators in Cuba working to educate fishermen about manatees and contributions they can make to manatee conservation. We are also providing funding assistance to enable tracking efforts for a female Amazonian manatee released in Brazil. In addition, we are exploring opportunities to assist colleagues in Honduras through the development of a conservation plan to protect manatees and their habitat. As a first step, we connected those working in Honduras with a researcher who specializes in finding manatees to identify which areas are most in need of protection! Antillean manatees were included in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's reclassification decision, despite strong opposition from scientists, including those of us here at SMC. Regardless of the School children in Nigeria receive Service's flawed decision-making, we remain committed to helping manatee education as part of an manatees in all of the countries where they occur. Can we count on SMC-supported initiative. Photo your continued support? Go to savethemanatee.org/donation and direct courtesy of Ikpongke Nkanta. your gift to our International Rescue Fund. The Girls Are Enjoying the Spring Run Again By Katie Batten Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park Update

Our area experienced a warmer Manatee season concluded on thrilled to again have access to the winter than usual, however many March 31st, the time when the spring run for summer. The girls are manatees still sought the refuge of seasonal sanctuary boundaries are back! our warm-water spring on colder removed from the river and the Even with a warmer winter, days. Manatee Patrol volunteers gates to our spring are closed and unpredictable weather can be kept a close eye on the waters secured. While this excludes wild challenging for manatees. On bordering the park, reporting manatees from entering the main President’s Day, the Florida sightings of tagged manatees and spring, our three resident manatees, Fish and Wildlife Conservation recording daily manatee counts. Ariel, Electra, and Lorelei, are Commission and the U.S. Fish

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There were no sightings of East in that area. Also, the waters outflows of power plants again, and Coast adoptees Chessie and Ilya tend to be choppier, making it large aggregations could be enjoyed over the winter months or of Tampa harder to recognize scar patterns, by visitors watching for manatees Bay adoptees Ginger, Jemp, Elsie, which researchers use to identify from the boardwalk at the TECO and Flicker. However, adoptee individual manatees. power plant in Apollo Beach. Vector was seen on January 31st This past winter wasn’t as cold During warm winters, such as and February 1st at the TECO as some previous winters, which this last one, we encourage boaters Apollo Beach power plant and then allowed manatees to spend more to be extra careful when out on again on March 8th at the Bayside time away from their winter the water and to be on the lookout Power Station in Tampa Bay. Since gathering sites foraging rather for manatees, just as we do for the the waters around Tampa Bay are than resting at the warm-water rest of the year when manatees are not as clear as the spring-fed waters discharges. A cold spell in mid- dispersed throughout their non- at Blue Spring or in Homosassa, it March brought a larger number winter habitat. is much harder to spot the adoptees of manatees to the warm-water 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). 4

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pring has arrived in break this year, with sightings every activity during July 2016. the northern Gulf of month during January through In addition to monitoring local Mexico, and warmer March. manatee movements, the DISL/ water temperatures Two manatees were sighted in MSN team has been busy hosting mean manatee migration season Louisiana and Mississippi during outreach booths and educational is underway! Dauphin Island Sea late February and late March, presentations aimed at increasing Lab’s Manatee Sighting Network respectively, suggesting the awareness for manatees in northern (DISL/MSN) has already received possibility that some manatees may Gulf of Mexico waters. We rely our first sightings of the season, have overwintered in the northern on citizen-reported sightings to including confirmed reports of a Gulf this year. As spring turns to learn more about manatees that large female known to frequently summer, we are sure to see more seasonally reside in Alabama, visit the northern Gulf of Mexico manatees in local waters and hope Mississippi, and states further west. coast from wintering grounds in that Save the Manatee Club adoptee We hope that increased awareness peninsular Florida. The mild winter Bama will make an appearance! will aid our research efforts and temperatures also meant that DISL/ Bama was last seen in Dog River promote safe sharing of our local MSN did not have much of a winter in Alabama, a hotspot for manatee waterways by manatees and people. 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.

Recap – It Was Another Busy Season! continued from page 2 Lenny, and Lucille took their turn. Annie, Lily, Nick, and Paddy Doyle followed on March 20th. Gator was the last to go on March 21st. Rocket was late getting to the spring, so he will not count as "spending the winter." Also in that category are Flash and Merlin. Flash came and went on November 23rd, while Merlin’s day was New Years. Not unexpectedly, Elaine and Squeaky did not show at all. But it was a surprise that we never saw or received word of Robin. We captured two manatees this season. Una was taken to Sea World, where her flipper entanglements were cleaned up, but she seems to have other problems. Lola’s lung was drained at Miami Sea Aquarium, and she Annie and her calf (born in August of last year), made frequent seemed to be doing well, but sadly, visits to Blue Spring this past winter season. Photo by Cora one morning she died suddenly of her Berchem, Save the Manatee Club. condition. Lola was Lucille’s first calf. She had eleven calves and nine grand-calves. A surprise cold front came through in early April. We counted 10 manatees on the 9th and 2 on the 10th and thought that was that, but more came in on the 11th than the 9th! Three cow-calf pairs from earlier were in and one new one during the passing cold. I am considering this April happening a special event rather than a continuation of the season. 5 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.

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protections under the Endangered Species Act. You can request a hi-res jpeg of this ad for your company PLF and the Service claim that newsletters. E-mail: [email protected] protections will remain the same for manatees under a threatened listing. Yet if that were the case, why would PLF and This Year’s Big Item Save Crystal River expend their resources on this downlisting effort? PLF knows for Father’s Day full well that the majority of substantive manatee protections, including essential Adopt slow speed protection zones, are set at the state level. Removing the endangered -A- listing reduces incentives for conservation Manatee® and risks giving the erroneous perception that threats to manatees are under control and no further protections are needed. Indeed, much of the media is celebrating downlisting as a success story, already risking to lose public awareness of these potentially harmful changes. The fact is that downlisting manatees at this time is not supported by law or Call 1-800-432-5646 (JOIN) science. In order for manatees to be savethemanatee.org reclassified, threats to its survival must be Photo © Cora Berchem controlled or decreasing, and regulations must be in place to protect the species. In addition to record watercraft mortality and deaths from harmful algal blooms, manatees face increasing threats from cold stress as artificial warm-water sources are taken offline simultaneously with declines in natural spring flows from development and overpumping of groundwater. The scientists who offered peer review comments on the proposed downlisting rule recommended against downlisting at this time on the basis of these threats.

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The Girls Are Enjoying The Spring Run Again continued from page 3 and Wildlife Service rescued a juvenile male manatee from Crystal River, Florida, that exhibited signs of cold stress. This is a potentially fatal health condition that may happen if a manatee is exposed to very cold water. The manatee was brought to our park for rehabilitation, utilizing our newly resurfaced in-ground heated treatment pool. After a physical health assessment and continuous care from our rangers and veterinarian, the manatee named Roosevelt, in honor of President’s Day, began improving. Rangers have closely monitored his positive progress and when approval is received, Roosevelt will be released back into the wild. Every week, volunteers scrub and remove the algae from the girls, and of the three, Ariel enjoys her “spa day” the most. Along with feeling good, these scrubbing days allow for an up-close inspection of each manatee to monitor any changes in body or behavior. Electra was observed having little interest in her meals, leaving hay and lettuce at each feeding. With a few visits from veterinarian Dr. Ray Ball and continuous supportive care from rangers, Electra recovered fully and is back to normal. Lorelei is enamored with Roosevelt and is often observed staring at him through the fencing. Lorelei greatly enjoys food and has been seen gladly eating lettuce that Roosevelt sneaks to her through Electra (left) and Lorelei (right) are happy to his fencing. again have access to the main spring. Photo by Come by our park and visit with Ariel, Electra, Lorelei, Katie Batten. and Roosevelt during one of our daily manatee programs!

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