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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.

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Multiple Manatee Rescues Following Hurricane Idalia

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Homosassa Springs Weathers The Hurricane Season

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Adoptee Appearances At Blue Spring Drop Over Autumn

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Millie Still The Only Reliable Coastal Adoptee

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Our Website Gets A New Look

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Science Corner: Landfill Dangers And Alternatives

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

No Sighting Of Bama Over The Summer

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Winter Is Coming!

November 2023 - The Manatee Zone

Honoring the Legacy of SMC Co-Founder Jimmy Buffett

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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.

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

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Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: June 2023

See sightings updates from Save the Manatee Club staff and partners from across the state.

Save the Manatee Club’s mana-team of 20 volunteers and staff at the Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores Zoo’s oyster shell site in Cocoa, FL on March 25.

Save the Manatee Club Volunteers Get Their Hands Dirty

After many requests for “hands-on” fieldwork opportunities, Save the Manatee Club volunteers completed our first-ever team fieldwork event on March 25.

Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: April 2023

It was a mild winter at Blue Spring State Park, sightings were scarce until a cold snap in mid-March brought some familiar faces back.

Complete tracking equipment—including belt, tether, and buoy—is visible in this photo of Miles, taken by SMC’s underwater webcam at Blue Spring State Park.

Let’s Talk (Manatee) Tracking!

Have you ever seen a manatee with what looks like a buoy attached to a belt around its tail? Most likely this was a manatee with a satellite tracking device!

Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: February 2023

Manatee season was off to a slow start with warmer than average temperatures, but two freezes lead to several sightings and a record 729 manatees at the park!

Wayne Hartley, Manatee Specialist, and Cora Berchem, Director of Multimedia and Manatee Research Associate, take "roll call" on a cold winter morning at Blue Spring State Park. Photo courtesy David Schrichte.

Manatee Sightings Update: December 2022

Manatee season officially started at Blue Spring on November 19, 2022, and many manatees have already visited the warm-water refuge.