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They are highly migratory and move from one place to another. They tool up and down the coast, following the food supply, females and even showing their calves where to go to be safe. You are definitely in manatee habitat in the Putnam County area. - Patti Thompson Quotes

They are highly migratory and move from one place to another. They tool up and down the coast, following the food supply, females and even showing their calves where to go to be safe. You are definitely in manatee habitat in the Putnam County area.

Even if a legal boater hits and injures a manatee, we want them to feel compelled to call in authorities to rescue the animal and not flee for fear of prosecution. Now if boaters are speeding in a slow zone, well, laws are there for that. - Patti Thompson Quotes

Even if a legal boater hits and injures a manatee, we want them to feel compelled to call in authorities to rescue the animal and not flee for fear of prosecution. Now if boaters are speeding in a slow zone, well, laws are there for that.

Because Putnam and Volusia counties have manatee viewing as a spring and summertime tourist attraction, the need to be safe is imperative and the boaters are very cognizant of them being in the water. We are not big fans of people swimming with manatees, but manatee viewing is something everyone should do before they die. It is that awesome. People have a heightened awareness of manatees after actually seeing them. - Patti Thompson Quotes

Because Putnam and Volusia counties have manatee viewing as a spring and summertime tourist attraction, the need to be safe is imperative and the boaters are very cognizant of them being in the water. We are not big fans of people swimming with manatees, but manatee viewing is something everyone should do before they die. It is that awesome. People have a heightened awareness of manatees after actually seeing them.

This is a really ambitious exercise and it was intended to stress our system so that we can find if there are weaknesses. - Patti Thompson Quotes

This is a really ambitious exercise and it was intended to stress our system so that we can find if there are weaknesses.

They often venture out, go farther than the closest available food resources. But it's a concern that the closest food source won't be available to them this year. They have energy budgets that they don't want to overuse, and if the closest source is in bad shape, they'll have to travel farther to find food. - Patti Thompson Quotes

They often venture out, go farther than the closest available food resources. But it's a concern that the closest food source won't be available to them this year. They have energy budgets that they don't want to overuse, and if the closest source is in bad shape, they'll have to travel farther to find food.

It's going to come in pieces because that's how our accounting is coming to us. - Patti Thompson Quotes

It's going to come in pieces because that's how our accounting is coming to us.

There are four main areas of concern where manatees tend to live. The northeast or upper St. Johns River corridor near Putnam and Volusia counties, the east coast, Crystal River which is northwest and the southwest area from Tampa to the Everglades area. Two of those areas, the two small ones, Crystal River and the upper St. Johns River, are doing well in those regions. - Patti Thompson Quotes

There are four main areas of concern where manatees tend to live. The northeast or upper St. Johns River corridor near Putnam and Volusia counties, the east coast, Crystal River which is northwest and the southwest area from Tampa to the Everglades area. Two of those areas, the two small ones, Crystal River and the upper St. Johns River, are doing well in those regions.

All a manatee needs, we have found, is a chance to get out of the way of an oncoming boat. We have scientific proof that manatees can sense a boat and attempt to move away. A fast boat doesn't give the slow moving animal an opportunity to get out of the way. - Patti Thompson Quotes

All a manatee needs, we have found, is a chance to get out of the way of an oncoming boat. We have scientific proof that manatees can sense a boat and attempt to move away. A fast boat doesn't give the slow moving animal an opportunity to get out of the way.

It's disappointing, it's wrongheaded but it's what we expected because this is their intent and they're following through. - Patti Thompson Quotes

It's disappointing, it's wrongheaded but it's what we expected because this is their intent and they're following through.

It's a carefully calculated effort on the part of the people that manatees are in the way of. - Patti Thompson Quotes

It's a carefully calculated effort on the part of the people that manatees are in the way of.

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