News

2024 Manatee Art Contest: Cast Your Vote Now!

Art Contest Collage

We’ve received so many wonderful submissions from a talented variety of artists! Now it’s your turn to help us choose the best in each category by voting for your favorite.

Voting Details:

  • Voting Period: Voting is open until August 13.
  • How to Vote: Expand each category and click on the heart icon below the entries you’d like to vote for. At the end of each category is a Submit button that you will use to lock in your votes. You can vote for as many submissions as you like in each category, so you can show support for all of your favorites. However, to ensure fairness, you may only submit your votes once, and duplicate submissions will be discarded.

Voting has ended, and the winners are in!

Congratulations to…

If your entry is a winner, please check your email for correspondence from us. Thank you all for so many wonderful submissions!

More Recent News

Screenshot 2024 11 25 115150

Sightings Update: Manatee Season Has Started at Blue Spring!

With unseasonably warm weather, the manatees spent some extra time in the St. Johns River before arriving at Blue Spring this year.

GT 2024 Save The Date

Your Giving ‘TEESday Support Moves Us One Step Closer to Our Goal

Although we didn’t reach our $45,000 Giving ‘TEESday goal, your contributions have helped us achieve so much for manatees and their habitat.

SMC team members Gina and Cora table with volunteers at the St Pete Run Fest: Good Sweat Expo in November.

Appreciating Manatees and Our Amazing Volunteers

It’s been an action-packed Manatee Awareness Month, with SMC volunteers participating in 16 events over four weekends!