Latest on Manatee sick heads
 

Scanned from thismornings Orlando Sentinel (Sunday).
Again for some reason I could not set up link for the article this is part of.

Take care
marc

gdfatha,

Living in the Orlando area too I read it. They won't be happy till they make ALL the water Manatee zones.

I recently went up the St. Johns River. What a joke. If you start at Sanford and head north. It is either "No Wake" or "25 MPH Maximum Speed". Heck I got told I was going too fast. I was in my 1949 Chris-Craft.

Also, the river is dead, very few boats. Above Deland heading toward Lake George it is better in many spots.

A real shame.

Manatees
 

HOW BOUT WE PUT THEM IN THE RETENTION PONDS
THAT ARE EVERYWHERE??

There are 3276 sea cows now as opposed to 1700 TEN
years ago!!

"With a greater population, you'll have a greater
mortality".

here's the link
 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...102aug11.story


take care marc

Thanks!
 

Looks like they are really going to hit the GULF coast
this time................

Kitten they do not know and never will ,How many Manatees there are ! I saw one time there were like 1500 of the Pests Claimed !
Then someone put a chopper up and Counted over 5000 and a Friggin White one too boot.
We are being Lied too big time on the numbers ,and the Fact that they are damaging the Grass beds.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Steve1,
The grass beds around the power plants are GONE, here in Brevard Co.
Make sure JEB knows how you feel this fall!
BTW, I'm a Repubulican!
MD

Dean I will in my small way, This has gone way too Far !and no end in sight .:(

Steve 1
 

Of course "They" know how many manatees there are!
"They" are called Mote Marine Laboratory, and have been
doing aerial surveys since 1972 when a Manatee Act was
passed. Mote also does studies on marine grasses!
Dont beleive everything you read and consider the source.

Kitten,
Are you saying that Aerial Surveys are a Reliable way to count Manatees?
Dean

DEAN FERRY:
 

Somewhat realiable! Also in use is radio tracking devices,
pictures, and markings on them, usually prop marks, and/
or tattoos to count them. Its not perfect, but somewhat
acurate. The numbers do not vary by a couple thousand
as previously thought.

The numbers are growing and that is our best argument
to keep our navigatible waterways free of unnecessary laws.

Re: DEAN FERRY:
 

The numbers are growing and that is our best argument
to keep our navigatible waterways free of unnecessary laws. [/B][/QUOTE]
Kitten,
The aerial survey counting technique does a Fairly accurate job, but is still not a complete way to count "Sea-Cows", because the planes and "copters" only fly over areas where Manatees seek refuge during the cold spells.
BUT, you last statement sums it up very well!!
I read here in OSO a couple of weeks ago, that they found a Manatee swimming in the "James River" in Va.? I hope that doesn't spell trouble for you folks up there!
MD

Manatees
 

We had one come over to HOUSTON in 1994, stay awile at
HLP Power Plant, then was taken back to FL. She never
came back.

But then Chessy kept going to the Chesapeake Bay for the
summers and came back to FL on her own.

I know I saw one in Pensacola Bay but the FWFC did
not beleive it.

They did migrate from the West Indies to FL in the 1800s.