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Florida manatee count reaches all-time high

Florida biologists counted an all-time-high number of manatees during the annual synoptic survey the week of Jan. 11. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s

Florida documents last year’s manatee deaths

Biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute documented 429 manatee carcasses in state waters in 2009. Of those,

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