manatees; initiated and maintained long-term life history and 

 ecology studies of manatees; completed a site specific research 

 and management plan for Crystal River manatees; convened 

 meetings to develop and coordinate a cooperative Federal-State 

 strategy for acquiring and protecting important manatee habitats 

 in the Crystal River area of northwest Florida; pursued several 

 manatee-related land acquisition efforts along the lower 

 Suwannee, Crystal, and Homosassa Rivers; expanded efforts to 

 review Federal dredge- and-fill permit applications for 

 developments in manatee habitat; and generally coordinated 

 overall manatee recovery activities. 



The Corps of Engineers: assisted with the posting of 

 manatee protection signs; provided funding for boating studies 

 in Citrus County; provided funds to the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service to help synthesize information on manatee distribution 

 and mortality in Florida; and helped support telemetry and 

 aerial survey studies conduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service 

 along Florida's east coast. 



The State of Florida, primarily through its Department 

 of Natural Resources and Game and Freshwater Fish Commission: 

 established, posted, and enforced more than 20 boat speed 

 regulatory zones in areas frequented by manatees; prepared 

 and distributed brochures and other materials to heighten 

 public awareness and understanding of manatee conservation 

 needs; established a stable source of funding to develop and 

 carry forward a State manatee research and management program; 

 assumed lead responsibility from the Fish and Wildlife Service 

 in 1985 for operating the manatee salvage and necropsy program; 

 initiated aerial surveys to determine manatee distribution 

 and habitat use patterns in selected areas; helped support 

 and carry out radio-tagging and tracking studies; pursued 

 efforts to identify and acquire important undeveloped manatee 

 habitat in the Crystal and Homosassa Rivers area of northwest 

 Florida; and began working with local officials on incorporating 

 manatee protection provisions into local growth management 

 plans required by a new State law. 



The Florida Power & Light Company: continued to prepare 

 and distribute booklets, bumper stickers, and related public 

 awareness materials on manatees and manatee conservation; 

 supported a series of public education seminars on manatees; 

 continued to fund annual winter aerial surveys to monitor 

 manatee abundance at warm-water refuges created by its power 

 plant outfalls; provided funds to help support radio-tracking 

 studies of manatees and to develop a scar catalogue with 

 which to identify and monitor movements of individual manatees; 

 and took steps to assure that availability of warm-water 

 discharges used by manatees in winter would not be diminished 

 by reductions or alterations in operations at its power plants. 



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