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Florida manatee deaths surging By Richard Tribou, Los Angeles Times
Published: March 12, 2021, 6:07am
Share: Manatees gather Dec. 27 in the warm waters of a canal off the Intracoastal Waterway near the Indian River Lagoon in Satellite Beach, Fla. (Richard Tribou/Orlando Sentinel)
ORLANDO, Fla. Florida manatees are dying at an alarming rate in the first two months of 2021, more than tripling the normal amount of fatalities seen during the same period over the last five years.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has posted in its preliminary manatee mortality statistics that from Jan. 1-Feb. 26, the state has recorded 403 manatee deaths, the majority of which have not had a necropsy to determine cause of death. Brevard County by far leads the way with 186 of those deaths.
The aging Rodman Dam on Central Florida’s Ocklawaha River is riddled with hazardous vulnerabilities, which the state and federal authorities have kept secret for years, says a lawyer who has long waged a battle to get the federal government to demolish the dam and restore the river. The lawyer, Bruce Kaster of Ocala, focuses on product liability litigation but has taken on Ocklawaha restoration as a personal mission. He uncovered evidence of dam hazards through requests for public records and then turned to a dam expert for analysis.
Florida manatee deaths push past 400 in first two months of 2021
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
Posted Mar 09, 2021
Manatees gather in the warm waters of a canal off the Intracoastal Waterway near the Indian River Lagoon in Satellite Beach, Florida on Dec. 27, 2020. (Richard Tribou/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)TNS
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida manatees are dying at an alarming rate in the first two months of 2021, more than tripling the normal amount of fatalities seen during the same period over the last five years.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has posted in its preliminary manatee mortality statistics that from Jan. 1-Feb. 26, the state has recorded 403 manatee deaths, the majority of which have not had a necropsy to determine cause of death. Brevard County by far leads the way with 186 of those deaths.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida manatees are dying at an alarming rate in the first two months of 2021, more than tripling the normal amount of fatalities seen during the same period over the last five years.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has posted in its preliminary manatee mortali