FIND SURVIVORS. IT’S NOW TIME FOR THE WEEKLY WITH A 00:00AM MORNING ANCHOR JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH. GOOD MORNING.
I’M JUSTIN WARMOTH. FLORIDA IS
HOME TO ROUGHLY 6 TO 800
MANATEES. BUT JUST THIS YEAR
ALONE, MORE THAN 750 HAVE
DIED. THAT IS 10% OF THE TOTAL
POPULATION AND THE MOST DEATHS
EVER RECORDED IN A 5 MONTH
PERIOD. THE ROOT CAUSE
STARVATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE
INDIAN RIVER LAGOON WHERE
LARGE DIE OFF OF SEA GRASS HAS
LEFT THE MANATEES WITHOUT
ENOUGH TO EAT THIS MORNING.
PATRICK ROSE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SAVE THE MANATEE
CLUB IS HERE TO DISCUSS THE
ALARMING STATISTICS AND WHAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO REVERSE
COURSE.
>> VERY UNUSUAL NUMBER OF
MANATEES HAVE DIED THIS YEAR.
IT’S UNIQUE BECAUSE WE’VE HAD
HUNDREDS OF MANATEES ACTUALLY
LITERALLY STARVE TO DEATH AND
REALLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE
MANATEE WORK AND KEEPING TRACK
IN THE CENSUS IS AND SO FORTH.
WE’VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE IN FACT, IT WAS
BELIEVED THAT AND WE HAVE THE
EVIDENCE THAT THERE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF FOOD FOR
MANATEES THAT MAN’S ACTIONS
REALLY CAUSED A MAJOR DECLINE
IN THE SEAGRASS AVAILABLE IN
THE END RIVER. THE
>> WE SAID MAN’S ACTIONS. I
MEAN, WE IS THIS WHAT CAN
EXPAND ON THAT AND WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS. THERE.
>> YEAH. AFTER REALLY A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME. IN FACT, I
WANT TO EXPLAIN TO HIS OF ALL
WITH SEAGER S COMMUNITIES. SO
THEY DEPEND ON THEM. AND
ACTUALLY IT’S A VERY HEALTHY
SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. BUT
ONE MAN GETS INVOLVED AND PUTS
TOO MUCH POLLUTION IN THE
WATER TO THE FORM OF ITS WASTE
WATER FROM LEAKING SEPTIC
TANKS FROM IMPROPERLY TREATED
SEWER WATER, IF YOU WILL, RUN
OFF, WHICH CONTAMINATED WITH
FERTILIZERS AND OTHER
POLLUTANTS THAT ACTUALLY GIVES
BIG SHOT TO THE ALGAE AND
THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
ALGAE THAT THEY GET THEIR FOOD
RIGHT DIRECTLY FROM THE WATER,
THE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS
THEY GROW SO PROLIFICALLY THAT
THEY OFF THE LIGHTS IN THE
SEAGRASS AND THE SEACREST EYES
AND OF COURSE, THE SEAGER SS
THAT PRIMARY SUED OF THE
MANATEE.
>> HOW ARE YOU AND HOW ARE
OTHER BIOLOGIST AROUND THE
STATE. WHAT’S THE MESSAGING?
HOW DO WE REVERSE COURSE OR
HOW DO WE GET THAT SEAGRASS
BACK. EXPLAINED ON ON THAT END
OF THE SPECTRUM.
>> WELL, THE SORT OF THE GOOD
AND THE BAD OF IT IS WE
RECOGNIZE WHAT’S WRONG. AND SO
WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED EFFECTS
OF THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A
LONG TIME TO DO IT. BUT THAT
DOESN’T MEAN WE DON’T GET
STARTED RIGHT AWAY AND IT
DOESN’T MEAN THAT ACTUALLY
EFFORTS HAVEN’T ALREADY
BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, IN
BREVARD COUNTY, THEY PASSED A
ONE CENT SALES TAX THAT’S
GOING TO HELP CLEAN UP THEM
UP. THAT’S ACCUMULATED 4 YEARS
ARE PUTTING INTO OTHER A
RESTORATION PROJECTS AND
THINGS. SO A LOT MORE THAT HAS
TO HAPPEN. WE NEED TO STOP
POLLUTING AND WE NEED TO CLEAN
UP THE MESS THAT WE CREATED
OVER DECADES OF TIME.
>> IS THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.
IS THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
AREA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
CURRENTLY.
>> CURRENT PRESIDENT LEE. IT
IS. IT’S A 156 MILES LONG. THE
AREA JUST EAST OF ORLANDO.
BREVARD COUNTY HAS A LONG,
MAJOR COUNTY. THAT’S WHERE
EPICENTER IS IS OF THE
PROBLEMS ITS WORST. BUT
THROUGHOUT THE AGAIN, THERE
ARE PROBLEMS WITH SAUCE AND
REPEATED ALGAL BLOOMS. AND IN
FACT, OTHER PARTS OF FLORIDA
ARE EXPENSIVE EXPERIENCE
SEEING THE BEGINNINGS OF THESE
KINDS OF THINGS. SO YOU NEED
TO IS THAT INFORMATION OR
GAINING HERE TO BE MORE
CAUTIOUS ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF
FLORIDA AS WELL.
>> SO YOUR DAY TODAY. EXPLAIN
TO ME WHAT DO YOU RESPOND TO
DEATHS. WHAT WHAT IS YOUR DAY
TO WORK. SO PEOPLE NOW.
>> SO SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB
IS, FOR EXAMPLE, OF A PARTNER
IN THE MANATEE RESCUE AND
REHABILITATION PARTNERSHIP.
THAT’S ALSO INCLUDES THE FISH
AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION.
SMALLER SERVICE OR SUSAN
AQUARIUMS IN FLORIDA
PARTICULAR LIKE SEAWORLD.
MIAMI AQUARIUM. THE ZOO TAMPA
JACKSONVILLE ZOO AND SOME
OTHER PARTNERS AND A RESEARCH
PARTNER WITH THE CLEARWATER
MARINE AQUARIUM. WE ARE ALL
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERY A SICK OR INJURED
MANATEE GETS RESCUED
REHABILITATED BROUGHT BACK TO
HEALTH AND THEN WHEN IT’S SAFE
RETURN TO THE WILD. SO THAT’S
ONE THAT’S KIND OF THE TOP
PRIORITY BEYOND THAT, WE’RE
WORK WITH THE VARIOUS AGENCIES
AND PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT WE
GET A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT’S
HAPPENING WITH THE WATER.
QUALITY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE
SAINT JOHN’S WATER MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT SURVEYS FOR SEAGER
AND WHERE THEY ARE OR HOW MUCH
THERE IS EVEN MONITORING FOR
WATER POLLUTION IF YOU
BREAKDOWN HAS BEEN AS FLORIDA
HAS BEEN GROWING. WE’VE BEEN
GROWING UNSUSTAINABLY. SO
WE’VE INCLUDING MUCH MORE
POLLUTION CENT OF THE WATER
THAN THEY CAN WITHSTAND. AND
THAT’S WHY THE ALGAL BLOOMS
ARE HAPPENING. SO IT TAKES
THAT WHOLE GROUPS TOGETHER AND
PEOPLE TO STEP IN AND SAY WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS
ANYMORE. WE WON FLORIDA GROW
SUSTAINABLY. WE’RE NOT AGAINST
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT
WE’RE AGAINST MORTGAGING OUR
FUTURE FOR TODAY. FOR.
SHORT-TERM PROFITS AND THEN
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR
IT BY THESE KINDS OF COLLAPSES
AND OUR ECOSYSTEMS.
>> MANATEES HAVE HAD A ROUGH
GO AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
WORK WAS DONE WHEN IT COMES
STRIKES AND PREVENTING THOSE
AND AND MAKING THE IDOLS OWNS
A CERTAIN LENGTH AND
EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND THAT
WAS THAT WAS ONE FACET OF
THIS. I THINK PEOPLE JUST
SAID, OK, WE’LL NOW WE CAN NOW
THE MANATEES OR NOT DYING AT
THE RATE THEY WERE. LET’S LIFT
THE ENDANGERED TAG. LET’S MAKE
THEM THREATENED. NOW THERE’S
TALK ABOUT BRINGING BACK THE
ENDANGERED TACK. CAN YOU
EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE 2 AND WHAT. YOU
BELIEVE NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
>> WELL, IT’S INTERESTING
SITUATION AND CLEARLY. THE
POPULATION AND CHOOSE FROM THE
TIME THEY’RE FIRST LISTED IN
THE LATE 60’S UP UNTIL WHEN
THEY WERE RECLASSIFIED IT IN
2017 THEY HAD GROWN QUITE A
LOT. BUT REALLY I BELIEVE
PERSONALLY HAVING BEEN AT THIS
FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS
PROFESSIONALLY AND BEEN A PART
OF THOSE RECOVERY PROGRAMS.
WE’RE REALLY SEEING THE MOST
IMPROVEMENTS UP THROUGH ABOUT
22,009 2010. SOME OF THOSE
PROBLEMS WERE INTENSIFY EVEN
FURTHER, ESPECIALLY THESE
KINDS OF ISSUES WITH THEIR
QUITE THE ECOSYSTEM. SO THE
TIME THEY GOT AROUND SOME 6
YEARS LATER TO LOOK AT
RECLASSIFIED FROM ENDANGERED
TO THREATENED. WE’RE ALREADY
STARTING TO SEE MORE SEVERE
PROBLEMS. BUT THEY WERE THE
SERVICE RESPONDED TO A LAWSUIT
FROM THE PACIFIC LEGAL
FOUNDATION WHICH IS A PRETTY
ANTI GOVERNMENT GROUP.
ATTACKED THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES ACT. THE LAW. WE FEEL
LIKE GAVE AND USED REALLY
OLDER DATA DIDN’T TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE RELATIVE RISK AND
THREATS TODAY. AND IN FACT,
THOSE WARNINGS WE GAVE THEM
HAVE NOW COME TRUE. SADLY, WE
WISH WE WERE WRONG, BUT WE
WEREN’T. AND SO IT IS TIME TO
RECONSIDER A RECLASSIFICATION
BACK TO ENDANGER. BUT THAT’S
NOT THE FIRST AND FOREMOST
THING TO BE DONE. WE’VE GOT TO
WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT THEM
RESCUE. THOSE THAT ARE 6
PROVIDE FOR RECOVERY OF THE
SEA GRASSES AND THEN WE CAN
LOOK AT AS THERE’S TIME WHAT
CLASSIFICATIONS OF ACTION IS
WHAT WE NEED TODAY.
>> IN 45 YEARS. I KNOW THAT.
THE HEADLINE OF PEOPLE HAVE
SEEN IN IS THAT THERE THE
RECORD NUMBER OF DEATHS. IN
YOUR 45. I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER
SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS
SITUATION GETTING TO THIS
LEVEL.
>> WE’VE HAD SOME VERY BAD
YEARS BEFORE. NOT AS BAD AS
THIS. FOR EXAMPLE. BUT THESE
OTHER PROBLEMS THAT CREATED
THOSE RECORDS. SO IN 2010 WE
HAD A RECORD COLD MORTALITY
FROM AND HE’S VERY SEVERE COLD
MORE THAN 200 MANATEES TIME
FROM THAT IN 2013 WE HAD AN
UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT IN
THIS SAME SYSTEM SORT OF
PRECURSOR. WHAT WE’RE
EXPERIENCING TODAY IN
TWENTY-EIGHTEEN WE EXPERIENCED
OVER 300 DEATHS FROM RED TIDE.
SO AND THEN WATER CRAFT
MORTALITY AS MUCH AS THE
PROTECTIONS HAVE BEEN PUT IN
PLACE AND THEY WORK TO THE
DEGREE THAT VOTERS WILL ABIDE
BY THEM. BUT WE HAVE SEEN A
RECORD NUMBER OF MANATEES
KILLED FROM 2016 1718 AND WE
IT IN 2020, WE LIKELY BROKEN,
BUT WE WON’T KNOW BECAUSE OF
COVID AND THE PROBLEMS WITH
KEEPING UP WITH. THERE ARE NEW
CROPS IS IN 2021. WE’RE SEEING
RECORD WATERCRAFT MORTALITY
GIVEN PESO NOT ONLY NOW AND
HE’S SUFFERING FROM THE
STARVATION OF AND ESPECIALLY
IN THE WINTER. AND THAT’S WHEN
HIS FOCUS PRIMARILY. WE’RE
ALSO SEEING ALL THESE OTHER
FACTORS INCREASING IN SOMEWHAT
GOOD. IT JUST POINTS OUT HOW
PREMATURE IT WAS TO RECLASSIFY
MANATEE FROM ENDANGERED
THREATENED IN 2017 WHEN THAT
HAPPENED.
>> WE’LL HAVE MORE FROM PATRIK
ROSE COMING UP, INCLUDING TIPS
ON HOW YOU CAN DO YOUR PART
AND PROTECTING FLORIDA’S
MANATEE POPULATION. STAY WITH
US.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH. WELCOME BACK.
FLORIDA’S MANATEES ARE DYING
AT ALARMING RATES. IN FACT,
MORE HAVE DIED THIS YEAR THAN
ALL OF 2020, THE PRIMARY
DRIVER.
>> LOADS OF NUTRIENTS
AFFECTING THE WATER QUALITY
RESULTING IN THE DIE OFF OF
THEIR MAIN FOOD SOURCE EGRESS,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE
THE MANATEE CLUB. PATRICK ROSE
IS BACK WITH US NOW TO BREAK
DOWN WHAT WE CAN ALL DO TO
PROTECT THESE GENTLE GIANTS.
THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO HAS TO
BE STATION AND AND IT’S HARD
TO FATHOM.
>> THAT AN ANIMAL LIKE THE
MANATEE THAT IS SO BELOVED
HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE. GENTLE GIANTS THERE.
OUR AMAZING TO SEE IN PERSON.
THAT’S THAT HAS TO BE A
CONCERN FOR YOU. IS IT.
>> WELL, IT’S IT IS A IT’S A
MAJOR CONCERN. BUT WHAT PEOPLE
NEED TO KNOW IS THAT CAN’T
HAPPEN FLORIDA. ALMOST BEING
DEVASTATED BECAUSE THE VERY
THINGS THAT MANATEES DEPEND ON
FOR THEIR SURVIVAL ARE THE
THINGS THAT ARE HEALTHY PEOPLE
TO KEEP THE SYSTEM UP OFF. SO
YOU’RE IT WITH MANATEE GOING
FURTHER TOWARDS EXTINCTION.
WE’RE GOING TO SEE MASSIVE
SEAGRASS HILLS. I MEAN, ME
WHAT WE WILL SEE THAT. BUT
WE’LL SEE. THE FISH KILLS.
WE’LL SEE THE DOLPHINS NUMBER
PLEADED SEA TURTLES, OTHER
THINGS THAT PEOPLE COME TO
FLORIDA. WE SOMETIMES GET A
100 MILLION VISITORS FLORIDA
IF WE LOSE THE MAN TEAMS WE
WILL. THAT MEANS THOSE
ECOSYSTEMS WILL BE SO BAD
DEGRADED THAT PEOPLE WANT TO
COME HERE OR THEY WON’T WANT
TO LIVE HERE. SO WE NEED TO
THIS AS THE CANARY IN THE COAL
MINES. THE WAKE UP AND
UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT’S BAD FOR
HIM AND BAD FOR ALL OF US.
YEAH. AND I.
>> I IMAGINE THAT MANATEES ARE
NOT THE ONLY SPECIES SUFFERING
CURRENTLY WITH THE SEAGRASS
LOSS. RIGHT. AND THIS IS
THERE’S A SERIOUS TRICKLE DOWN
AS YOU MENTION.
>> ABSOLUTELY THE SEAGRASS
BEDS AND ARREST SYSTEMS AND
OUR SYSTEM REALLY THE BASIS OF
THE FOOD CHAIN. SO THEY’RE
ALSO THE NURSERY GROUND FOR
ALL THE LARVAL FISHES AND THE
CROWDS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
ORGANISMS THAT WE ENJOY AND
APPRECIATE, BUT ALSO FORM THE
BASIS OF ALL THE RECREATIONAL
FISHING AND EVEN COMMERCIAL
FISHING. THEY NEED THESE
NURSERY AREAS AND THE
PRODUCTIVITY OF THOSE ARE
DIRECTLY DEPENDENT HOW WELL
THEY CAN GROW RECEIVED LIKE TO
CLEAR A CLEAR WATER. SO THERE
ARE MORE PROBLEMS THAN OUT.
BUT SO THAT WE WE LET RUNOFF
GO INTO THE SYSTEMS THAT
CARRIES THE OTHER TURBIDITY
WITH IT BECAUSE IT’S JUST
REALLY NOT BEEN CLEANED UP
THAT CAN ALSO SHADE OUT AND
SLOW THE GROWTH SEAGRASS AS
WELL.
>> SOME OF THE I MEAN, RED
TIDE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT
WAS THAT WAS DEVASTATING.
SEAGRASS. COLD SNAPS BECAUSE
THEY’RE GOING TO CALL SHOCK.
RIGHT. THAT’S WHY, YOU KNOW,
IT’S GOOD. FOLKS ARE NOT
FAMILIAR JUST MOVE. JEREMY MAY
THEY MOVED IN SERIOUS
MIGRATION TO DIFFERENT SPRINGS
TO GET THAT WARMER WATER TO
FIND WARMER WATER SPECIALLY IN
THE COLD MONTHS. BUT. IT SEEMS
LIKE. I DON’T KNOW IF THERE’S
ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT
CONCERNS YOU THE MOST. IS IT
THE SEAGRASS AND AND THE
POLLUTANTS THAT ARE CAUSING
THE ALGAE BLOOMS ARE CAUSING
RIGHT SIDE. THAT’S GOT TO BE
THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.
>> THE ONES THAT CAN JUST
EXPLODE A CAR LIKE THIS
SEAGRASS IN AND BEING SO WE
HAVE 77,000 ACRES OF SEA GRASS
WITHIN THE INDIAN RIVER JUST
BACK IN 2010. WE’VE LOST ABOUT
95 TO 96% OF THE COVERAGE OF
SEA GRASS OR THE SAFE ROUTES.
NOW WE’RE HOPING THERE’S ABOUT
40% OF THE AREA THAT STILL
CONTAINS SEAGRASS, BUT
SOMETIMES ONLY ONE OR 2%. SO
THOSE COULD BE IN THE AREAS
FOR CURRY GROW FROM IT. WE CAN
GET THE WATER CLEAN UP AND
PROVIDE FOR THAT WE CAN GET
RID OF READ THAT WE VOTE.
THAT’S A PART OF WHAT’S
HAPPENING. WE’RE LOOKING AT
REPLANTING TOGETHER ALL THE
DIFFERENT PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY
OFFICIAL CONDITION. THERE’S
ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR
APPROPRIATION. THIS YEAR THAT
WILL HELP TO PROVIDE MANSIONS
ACCESS TO THE SPRINGS OF WARM
WATER TOGETHER WITH REPLANTING
OF SEA GRASSES THOSE WATER
QUALITY ISSUES. SO WE HAVE
SOME HOPE. BUT IF ALSO LOSE
OUR NATURAL SPRING. SO WE OVER
PUMP TO WE KNOW IN THE FUTURE
THAT SOME OF THESE POWER
PLANTS DEPEND ON LIKE THE ONE
IN BREVARD COUNTY THAT
CENTERED AROUND THIS ISSUE. IF
THOSE GO AWAY BEFORE WE HAVE A
SOLUTION TO WHAT MANAGERS ARE
GOING TO DO. WE CAN THOSE
THOUSANDS THERE. SO THE LOSS
OF ORIGIN SEAGRASS AND THE
LOSS OF WARM WATER HABITAT.
THOSE ARE HUGE ISSUES THE
FUTURE AND THEY WERE BADLY
EVERY DAY TO ENCOURAGE VOTERS
TO SLOW DOWN, PAY ATTENTION TO
THE SIGNS. AND AS YOU KNOW,
MOST EVERY LIVING AND HE TODAY
HAS STARS FROM WATER CRAFT. SO
IT THEN AMOLS ARE REALLY AND
SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS BUT WE
AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING
AT. BUT WE ARE ALSO THE PEOPLE
THAT GET THE WORD OUT SAVE THE
MANATEE CLUB FOR 40 YEARS HAS
BEEN THE VOICE FOR MANATEES.
WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVE US
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT
AND ASK OTHERS TO JOIN WITH
THAT.
>> I KNOW THAT GETTING
INVOLVED IN AND FOLLOWING IN.
JUST BEING AWARE OF THE
SITUATION IS ONE WAY THAT
PEOPLE CAN HELP. IF THERE’S.
ACTIONABLE ITEM AND SOMEONE
MAYBE THEY DON’T EVEN LIVE ON
THE COAST AND AND THEY WANT TO
DO WHAT THEY CAN, WHETHER IT’S
GO OUT AND AND ASSISTANT
VOLUNTEER OR WHAT THEY CAN DO
AT HOME OR WHAT THEY CAN, HOW
THEY CAN SPREAD THE MESSAGE
MEAN. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
OTHER TIPS YOU CAN GIVE FOLKS
TO TO HELP OUT AND AND TO
PREVENT SOMETHING WORSE FROM
HAPPENING.
>> SOMETHING EVERYBODY CAN DO
IS TO URGE THEIR LOCAL STATE
AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES TO
TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUSLY AND
GET ON BOARD AND SAY THIS IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE. WE NEED TO
VOTE CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT
KEEP THE SYSTEM. SOME PROTECT
THEM, BUT ALSO PROTECT THEM.
AND HE’S SPECIFICALLY AND GO
TO SAY HE GOT TO WORK AND WE
CAN GUIDE THEM TO HOW TO
ACTUALLY REACH THEIR
INDIVIDUAL PERSONS WITHIN THE
LEGISLATURE OR THE CONGRESS,
FOR EXAMPLE, A NUMBER OF THOSE
REPRESENTATIVES ARE WORKING ON
THIS ISSUE ARE TAKEN
SERIOUSLY. I MEAN, WHAT’S MORE
BASIC, FRANKLY TO TAKING CARE
OF HUMAN WASTE AS A PART OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE’RE
TRYING TO BRIDGE THE PRESIDENT
AS WELL. I KNOW THEY’RE IN A
BIG, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS
WITH ALL THAT. BUT OUR WATER
QUALITY AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
FROM HUMAN WASTE IS PRETTY
BASIC AS BASIC AS A ROAD OR A
BRIDGE IT’S BEEN DECLINING
OBVIOUSLY.
>> FOR A LONG TIME. AS IT IS
THERE ANYTHING THAT MAY BE
EXACERBATED IT OR WAS IT JUST
REACHING THE TIPPING POINT.
>> WELL, IT REACH THE TIPPING
POINT, BUT IT WAS EXACERBATED
BY THAT GROWTH. THAT’S
UNSUSTAINABLE YOU GET PERMITS
FOR THINGS AND PUTTING PLACE
IN PLACES THEY SHOULDN’T PUT
THEM FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN YOU
ASSUME THE PERMITS THE WATER
QUALITY MONITORING THAT IS NOT
HAPPENING. SO YOU’RE NOT EVEN
HAVE A INDICATION OF HOW BAD
IT IS. THEY JUST ASSUME THAT
PERMITS WORK THE WAY THEY WERE
WRITTEN. AND THAT’S NOT AND IN
FACT, WE WENT THROUGH ABOUT 8
YEARS OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONS FOR WATER QUALITY
AND OTHER STANDARDS BEING
REMOVED UNDER ONE OF OUR
FORMER GOVERNORS, GOVERNOR
JUST SAY IT. THESE AND THESE
ARE SENATOR TODAY. HE CAN STEP
UP AND SAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
WE MADE A MISTAKE. WE SHOULD
HAVE BEEN MORE VIGILANT. NOW I
WOULD ENCOURAGE HIM TO DO THAT
AND SEE HIM PART OF THE
SOLUTION TO. SO REALLY THERE
ARE WAYS THAT THAT WE JUST AND
AS I SAID, MORTGAGE OUR FUTURE
FOR SHORT TERM CASH TODAY AND
FOR UNSUSTAINABLE ROAD. THAT’S
THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. BUT
THE SHORT TERM RESCUE EVERY
SICK AND INJURED MANATEE FOLKS
CAN GET TO THEM AND THE RESCUE
REHABILITATION PARTNERSHIP
THROUGH SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB
WE’RE HOLDING THOSE MONIES IN
FACT, WE’RE MATCHING MONEY FOR
THAT TO PUT MORE EFFORT INTO
THIS. THEY CAN SUPPORT, OF
COURSE, THE EDUCATION OUTREACH
THAT WE DO WITH THE CLUB. HELP
US CELEBRATE OUR 40TH YEAR IN
EXISTENCE WE WERE FORMED IN
1981 BY JIMMY BUFFETT AND
GOVERNOR GRAEME AND THEY’VE
BEEN REAL WARRIORS AND WE JUST
WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO COME
TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEN LEARN
MORE. WHAT THEY CAN DO MORE
SPECIFICALLY.
>> AND AGAIN, THAT WEBSITE IS
WWW DOT SAVE THE MANATEE DOT
ORG. MY THANKS TO PATRICK
ROSE. FIRST TIME THIS WEEK.
I’M JUSTIN W
I’M JUSTIN WMOTH HOPE YOU