Patrick Rose – Executive Director Save the Manatee Club

Celebrate the Green with March because It’s Seagrass Awareness Month

03/15/2023

Greetings to you! I bring you both encouraging and sober news as we celebrate Seagrass Awareness Monthin March. Seagrass is the main food source for the herbivorous manatee. The Save the Manatee Club researchers dive into more depth of the good and bad...

Celebrate the Manatee Every Day in November!

11/20/2022

Greetings! It’s that special time of the year again when we celebrate manatees because November is Manatee Awareness Month! Yes, as the temperatures are now cooling down, all manatees begin seeking the naturally warmer spring waters in Florida. And these springs stay at 72 degrees Fahrenheit...

November is “Manatee Awareness” Month!

10/29/2020

Greetings! It’s time to celebrate manatees once again because November is Manatee Awareness Month! Yes, it’s that time of year when us manatees begin seeking the naturally warmer spring waters in Florida as the temperatures start to cool off. And thanks to my good friends at Save...

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan Opposes Feds Downlisting of Manatees!

04/06/2016

Manatees swim near the sanctuary at the entrance to Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River. ALAN YOUNGBLOOG / GATEHOUSE FLORIDA Greetings! Today I want to talk about the extremely important topic of downlisting our manatee status from “endangered” to “threatened” by...