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Just a few years ago, state and federal leaders smugly declared that Florida's manatee population was over-protected. Now they're frantically hurling lettuce into the water as the gentle mammals fight to avoid starvation.
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Just a few years ago, state and federal leaders smugly declared that Florida's manatee population was over-protected. Now they're frantically hurling lettuce into the water as the gentle mammals fight to avoid starvation.
Affordable housing. Clean water. Elections integrity. Better use of tourism taxes. These are areas that demand action in Central Florida.
A cop, biologist and firefighter retrieved a dead baby manatee from the Indian River in Brevard County. Their task embodied Florida's manatee crisis.