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Recent Newsletter Articles

View our most recent newsletter stories, published quarterly in The Manatee Zone and bi-monthly in Paddle Tales.

2025 - Paddle Tales eNews

Manatee Sightings Update: December 2025

2025 - Paddle Tales eNews

22nd Annual Save the Manatee 5K Recap

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Your Kindness Still Carried Far: Giving ‘TEESday Impact Update 

2025 - Paddle Tales eNews - Volunteer - Volunteer Spotlight

Volunteer Spotlight: Shari Dworkin-Smith

November 2025 - The Manatee Zone

Protecting Manatees with Policy and Purpose

November 2025 - The Manatee Zone

Carditee Gets Another Second Chance

November 2025 - The Manatee Zone

Clog Misses His First Summer in Adoption Program

November 2025 - The Manatee Zone

Counting Tails at Dawn

November 2025 - The Manatee Zone

Another Quiet Quarter for Our Coastal Adoptees

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Newsletter Archives

The Manatee Zone Quarterly Newsletter

The Manatee Zone is released once every three months and is available in print format to donors and adoptive parents and electronically to everyone. It features the latest news from the manatee world and Save the Manatee Club.

Paddle Tales Bi-Monthly eNewsletter

Paddle Tales is a digital newsletter released every other month and features facts, activities, and educational content.

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Phyllis and her yearling calf were among the summer sightings at Blue Spring State Park.

Manatee Sighting Update: August 2025

During the summer months, sightings of adoptees are a bit more rare, but we did get a few this year, plus some exciting news from Blue Spring and two releases!

Paddy Doyle Tribute

Remembering Paddy Doyle

We received the tragic news that our beloved adoptee Paddy Doyle had passed away at the end of April 2025.

Volunteers With Gina And Hope

Volunteer Mana-team Support for Earth Day

April is the perfect time to come together and make a meaningful impact on manatee conservation and their habitat.

Merlin rests at Blue Spring State Park on February 22, 2025.

Sightings Update: April 2025

Late February and early March saw more cold weather and we counted over 400 manatees on February 22 and over 300 on March 8, which might be a record for March.

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Sightings Update: February 2025

Manatee Season at Blue Spring started in full force in late November and we have had many exciting adoptee sightings since!

Staff members Gina and Stephanie take a break with Lead Volunteer Kerri at a recent festival.

Volunteers Make a Difference for Manatees!

Our volunteers, who dedicate their time and energy to protecting manatees and inspiring others to take action, have made our 2025 events so far a success!