Public Awareness Materials

The sign, which is aluminum and 24″ x 18″ in size, reads, “Slow Please — Report Manatee Injuries: 1-888-404-FWCC.” Florida shoreline property owners can post one on their dock to let boaters know that manatees might be in the area. When contacting Save the Manatee Club to request a sign, please give us the address where the sign will be posted and your mailing address (if different).

Save the Manatee Club and the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens teamed up to create a public awareness sign to teach Florida’s residents and visitors of all ages how to behave responsibly when manatees are near and to help safeguard the endangered marine mammals from harm. The 2-foot by 3-foot full-color sign features the “Buddy” character created and illustrated by Florida artist and author Tim Thomas, who donated the use of his character from his children’s books for the sign project. The signs are distributed to state, municipal, and county parks; marinas; and other sites where human/manatee interaction can be a problem, resulting in manatee harassment.

The Club produces bright yellow, waterproof boating banners and provides them to Florida boaters to help warn other boaters when manatees are sighted in the area. By carrying the “Please Slow Manatees Below” banner in motor boats, kayaks, and canoes, it becomes easier to alert other boaters to the presence of manatees.

The boating safety packet contains a weatherproof boat decal with a hotline number for reporting manatee injuries, deaths, or harassment. It also includes a waterproof waterway card with manatee protection tips that was created in conjunction with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This laminated waterway card can be easily kept on board your vessel. The boating safety packet also comes with information on ways to share the waterways safely with manatees.

Save the Manatee Club has created an 11″ x 17″ poster that features the conservation message “Navigate with Care, Manatees are There: Boat Safely!” The posters are available to businesses, organizations, schools, or libraries who are interested in displaying them in store-fronts and high traffic areas to help spread the word about manatees.

An 11″ x 17″ poster that promotes manatees and Save the Manatee Club’s Adopt-A-Manatee® program. The posters are available to businesses, organizations, schools, or libraries who are interested in displaying them.

Get a poster showing the types of sirenians around the world. Available in 8.5" x 11 and full poster sizes, please indicate which one you would like when you reach out to us.

Get tips for protecting manatees in the wild with this "Please don't touch or feed" brochure.

Get more information on seagrass and other aquatic information in our "Seagrass" brochure.

Help share information on how to report healthy manatee sightings with this Sighting Form rack card.

Get more information on karenia brevis, commonly known as red tide, in this rack card.

Get and share information on Save the Manatee Club's volunteer opportunities.