[HABs: Harmful Algae Blooms] Article Courtesy of: Florida Health Algae are plant-like organisms that sustain marine life. …
[HABs: Harmful Algae Blooms] Article Courtesy of: Florida Health Algae are plant-like organisms that sustain marine life. …
ARTICLE COURTESY OF: Florida Phoenix ~ MICHAEL MOLINE Environmentalists threaten EPA with lawsuit over the pollution killing manatees. Nitrogen and phosphorus discharges endanger their food source. An environmentalist coalition has served notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unless it intervenes with state regulators to halt the release of pollutants into […]
Manatees starve to death on Florida coast Article courtesy of FOX 35 Orlando – Associated Press Manatees are starving: Manatees have starved to death by the hundreds along Florida’s east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the beloved sea mammals eat, a wildlife official told a House committee Tuesday. Seagrass has […]
The seagrass mitigation bill threatens Florida Manatees. (SB 198 and HB 349) Environmental group says more manatees will die if Florida’s seagrass mitigation bill passes. ~ Ocean Conservancy The proposed bill follows the deadliest year for manatees in Florida history.Leaders of one of the country’s oldest marine conservation groups say a bill being considered by lawmakers would […]