The US Fish and Wildlife Service will update its manatee critical habitat protections for the first time since 1976, due to a settlement reached between several nonprofits and the service.
The Center for Biological Diversity, along with the Save the Manatee Club and Defenders of Wildlife, has been petitioning the agency to update its manatee protections for over a decade, Ragan Whitlock, an attorney at the center, told CNN. Revising the critical habitat is a crucial step in implementing much-needed environmental protections for the species, Whitlock said."FWS, more than a decade ago, told us these revisions were warranted," said Whitlock.
"In the case of the manatee, Whitlock points to sea grass and access to warm water springs as critical habitat features that need to be protected in order to protect manatees. In the past few years, manatees have experienced a spate of starving deaths from the loss of the sea grass they usually rely on for sustenance. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission describes this spike in manatee deaths, starting in 2020, as an"unusual mortality event.
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