Save the Manatee Club (“SMC”) enthusiastically supports H.R. 9590 and respectfully urges all members of the Subcommittee on ...

Save the Manatee Club (“SMC”) opposes H.R. 9017 and respectfully urges the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries to ...

Save the Manatee Club (“SMC”) vehemently opposes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“FWS”) unlawful new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act’s (“ESA”) definition of “take,” set forth in a ...

The Lesley Argiri and Brian McDonald 5K Scholarship Fund is established to support and encourage outstanding individuals pursuing a graduate degree in Marine or Aquatic Biology. This scholarship aims ...

In 1979, the late former Florida Governor and co-founder of Save the Manatee Club, Bob Graham, first declared November as Manatee Awareness Month, at a time when the state first began establishing ...

It looked like we wouldn’t have much to report for manatee sightings in this issue of Paddle Tales until our staff was informed of a mating herd in Lake Monroe in mid-May! Mating herds are very common ...

Manatees face a variety of threats each year that can lead to death, including red tide, collisions with watercraft, cold stress, and natural causes. In addition to documenting the number of carcasses ...