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Florida manatees, gentle, slow-moving icons of our coastal waters, rivers, and springs, are facing mounting threats. Congress could make their future even more uncertain.
Each year, manatees depend on warm-water refuges, healthy seagrass beds, and clean waterways to survive. These habitats provide the food, shelter, warmth, and migration corridors manatees need to rest, reproduce, and raise their young. But pollution, habitat loss, watercraft strikes, and climate-driven ecosystem changes are already pushing this vulnerable species to the brink. Now, progress to protect manatees is under threat.
Some members of Congress are advancing the ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897), a dangerous bill that would weaken the Endangered Species Act in many ways, including by damaging the definition of “best available science” in protecting critical habitat. Depleting scientific integrity in the Act would undermine recovery efforts not only for manatees, but for hundreds of imperiled species nationwide.
At a time when manatees are experiencing:
Ignoring science is a risk this species cannot afford.
We should be strengthening protections for manatees—not weakening the law that helps keep them from extinction.
Your voice matters. When people speak out, lawmakers listen, and species like the manatee have a fighting chance to recover.
Please take a moment right now to stand up for manatees and the science that can save them. |
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Thank you for defending wildlife when it matters most.
In solidarity, Endangered Species Coalition & Save The Manatee Club
P.S. Manatees have already lost much of the habitat they need to survive. We cannot afford to lose the protections and science that give this species a future. Take action today. |
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