How DESTRUCTIVE is the MANATEE?
 

Check this out!

http://www.manateestudy.com/

Once again, these are some of the issues we have been trying to talk to the state of FL. about! The SMC could care less about all the other species in the rivers! Please read and decide for yourself.
Thanks,
MD

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Good thread Dean. Keep up teh fight against those self agrandizing enviro-wackos!

Excellent Site, Dean!
Thanks you very much for that one! :cool:

I just e-mailed it(as well as standing watch site) to all my boating buddies who take issue with manatees.

anybody know Jimmy Buffet's email? No wonder the ICW looks soo --- 330000lbs of manatee dung a day.

Manatee! the other white meat....

I think each and every member of the SMC and FFWC should be assigned a designated manatee to follow around, collect all 100# of evasive and ecosystem-degrading dung that is produced each day and it should subsequently be trucked to Buffet's house for a little home remodeling! Just my $0.02:D

Lots of info there. I wish I could get over 7 grand a year to help me out!!! I never thought of the STM deal this way and now I got to tell ya there is no doubt about it you just DO NOT mess with mother nature!!! She has done fine for a LONG LONG time with out our help.

Jon

It's truly a CRIME about how much $$ the state of FL. spends on Manatees, vs. a student in FL. Public schools!!:mad:
I have another study from this site that I'm trying to get scanned and then I'll load it up. More good data coming!
Thanks for everyone's open minds and ability to see the TRUTH throught all the SMC/Manatee CRAP!:D
MD

Here's that latest data from www.manateestudy.com
It's really a disaster waiting to happen, in fact, it's happening right now!
MD
Damn, i can't get the MS word file to attach or I can't copy and paste it either! Help!!

Very interesting web site. I can't believe the dock permit problem the property owners are having.

TTT
Thanks,
MD

Good job Dean,
As a waterfront resident, avid boater and boat manufacturer I am horrified by what this group is doing to all of us. Although we certainly enjoy seeing mantees, there needs to be a concerted effort to balance the interests for the good of all. Lets face it if a manatee wasn't big, dumb and cute, would anyone care this much? Maybe I'll start The Save the Cockroach Club... millions are needlessly killed everyday by careless and insensitive humans. Please forward your donations today!
Terry

yea we need no wake zones to protect marinas and slow speed zones where traffic is high or nav critical, but most of our boats produce more wake at 1200rpm than at 5000 and we draw alot more h20 too. lets relocate all manatee to camp xray in Cuba, the boats down there don't go fast anyway(mostly rafts):o

terry, hows your 43 running? speed, etc:D

Hey Hugh and Linda,
Thanks for asking. My 43 is running... all the way to Canada. I sold it and it leaves next week. So I am at the back of the line and starting another one. Should have it done for the FT. Lauderdale show and then poker run to KW. I know I'm a little prejudice but the thing rode and handled better than any deep V I've ever ridden in. There will be a test article in the Aug. Boating Magazine by Eric Colby. Unless he was blowing smoke,he seemed very impressed. Anyway this is a manatee thread so I'll close with that. Hope to see you guys soon.
TS

Dean Ferry, call me with a fax number as I have an article for you regarding the OMB role in these disputes. Jim Von Wolske 512 657 1104

Von Wolske,
I'll call you this morning with the Fax #, thanks for your support! BTW, I can't remember what the OMB is?
Saleamanship,
Nice ride, I've never ridden on a BT 43, (I'm guessing that is what you had/just ordered!) but I hear they are a real wave crusher!! Gotta love all the headroom in the cabin too! Don't worry about chatting about such a nice boat on this MANATEE thread, it's all about boating, right? And the whole Manatee issue is about ANTI-BOATING, SMC keeping their jobs, and COASTAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT!! They could care less about the Manatee!!
MD

Hi Dean,
We're talking Nor-Tech here. I'm the sales and marketing dude.
Ironically though I was the B. T. guy for seven years until '99. If you ever get a chance, come on over to Cape Coral FL and I'll show you what Nor-Tech's all about. BTW that invitation is open to all.
Interesting note: I had 6 FFWC guys in my 43' a couple of months ago. We ran down the Caloosahatchee at 95 MPH (of course obeying all rules) and they thought that was the coolest thing they had ever ridden in. They all seemed to think the manatee thing is out of wack also. So they're not all bad.

Sales,
Oops, sorry about my erroneuos assumption. Nor-Tech builds a great boat, from what I've heard and read. I have never ridden in one, and if I ever make it over to Cape Coral, I would love a tour of the Nor-Tech factory and go for a ride!:D
And I too, have experinced the same attitude from the FFWCC patrol officers, they would rather be chasing poachers, and other REAL bad guys, than sitting a MANATEE zones looking for someone doing 8 MPH, instead of 5 MPH! I have never had a problem with a FFWCC officer and even had one write me a WARNING, (Instead of the ticket) for a Manatee Zone infraction I didn't know about, (It was a new Manatee Zone). It's their bosses, (FFWCC Commissioners) who are in bed with the SMC!!! It seems to be a mutual benefit relationship between the FFWCC Comm.s and the SMC. In fact, I beleive the last two FFWCC commissioners that have retired from the FFWCC, went to work for the SMC!! How's that for buying your way into Fl. State Gov't!
MD

Isn't going after the manatee poo a bit crazy...?...:( ....The planet is 2/3rds water and 3000 manatee take # 2 there...There vare 6 BILLION humans and we all take a poo on our 1/3rd of the planet...Every living thing needs to live off of something...therefore something always get hurt in the process...Your point can be used against any living animal..

Next thing you will be after is my goat....;)

Thanks for the illustration...:D :rolleyes:

You always take pics of your dog taking a dump? :confused:

I can see it now, "wanna see a picture of my dog? Here's a good one". :rolleyes:

That's some Dog!....:D :D LOL!;)

That is a nubian goat...

...here is a dog....

Dude I think you need to call ghost busters man!!!! :D:D

I love those dogs they are great!!!

Let's see here. The manatee actually poos in a very localized area so I can see how they might be hurting the environment. It's not like those 3000 manatees are spread out into all of the worlds oceans.

Now we humans aren't the cleanest things in this world but the way I see it, we process our poo and make fertilizer and get reclaimed water. Looks like we are one up on the manatee. :D

HE HE HE

I have found that diving under the manatee and catching all that poo fertilizes my weed better than anything else out there.

It takes inner city schwag seeds and makes them taste wonderful.

Heh...they think it is a houseboat.....heh heh.....

How else could I afford multiple boats? :p :D

To Dean Ferry, the OMB is the Office of Management and Budget, a Federal Agency which has recently taken the position that these Environmental limitations have a real dollar cost to the economy, and therefore these laws must be evaluated on a cost/benefit analysis. This means that the Enviro whackos don't get their way carte blanche like they used to. 512 657 1104

VW,
Thanks for the update, good talking to you! I'll read the FAX tonight and pass it on the Management council for CFW.
Thanks again,
Dean