Who is to blame for Florida's plummeting manatee populations? (via outdoorlife)
Three environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit due to the high number of manatee deaths last year. The lawsuit focuses on the poor water quality in Florida, and alleges that the EPA isn’t following or enforcing water-quality standards set in 2009. It pushes for the EPS to re-engage talks about the Indian River Lagoon with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The lagoon sees a high number of manatee deaths in the state.
The lawsuits aren’t the only recent news out of Florida regarding water quality. The state will invest $30 million to save manatees and improve water quality thanks to a budget passed in March. Governor Ron DeSantisfor the funding on May 2 to save the state’s well-known marine animal, saying this was a “record investment in manatee care and protection.” While the state already had money going towards this cause, this new budget will increase that by $17 million.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will receive $5.3 million to expand manatee mortality and response efforts. Manatee acute care facilities and research, rescue, and conservation activities will get $4.7 million, while $160,000 will go to increasing aerial surveys in the state. . With the state adding millions of residents over the last two generations, landscape-level development skyrocketed.
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