BUT manatees
 

are no longer endangered!

Sterling

BUT manatees
 

Sez who?......a bunch of go fast prop jocks??

Florida Keyz wrote in message
...
are no longer endangered!

Sterling

BUT manatees
 

Actually it is the people who count manatees. It is questionable that they ever
were endangered. The joke is on the SMC who started the counts in the first
place. Once they started really looking they figured out we are lousy with
manatee. The nanual count actually increasess every year for the last decade.
The only question about the delisting was the "message" it might send according
to SMC.


Sez who?......a bunch of go fast prop jocks??
...
are no longer endangered!

Sterling

BUT manatees
 

"Greg" wrote in message
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Actually it is the people who count manatees. It is questionable that they
ever
were endangered. The joke is on the SMC who started the counts in the
first
place. Once they started really looking they figured out we are lousy with
manatee. The nanual count actually increasess every year for the last
decade.
The only question about the delisting was the "message" it might send
according
to SMC.


Sez who?......a bunch of go fast prop jocks??
...
are no longer endangered!

Sterling



Maybe I'm wrong, but I was always under the assumption that manatees are a
nonindigenous species.

BUT manatees
 

Maybe I'm wrong, but I was always under the assumption that manatees are a
nonindigenous species.

That is a popular argument but they do come up with manatee bones from
thousands of years ago. One could say that only proves manatee came here by
accident and froze to death but I imagine the reality is they are supposed to
migrate here in the summer and go back south in the winter. In that respect the
FPL plant is altering the natural behavior on a listed species and in violation
of the ESA. I suppose that is why they need a permit to pollute the river with
their hot water. It is also interesting that SMC sent an action alert out to
it's members when FPLs permit came up for review. FPL now has the ability to
discharge less hot water because of the new high efficiency plant, perhaps not
heating the water high enough to support manatee but SMC forces them to
artificially heat the water in the winter. That is violating the intent of
their permit.

BUT manatees
 

"Don White" wrote in message
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Sez who?......a bunch of go fast prop jocks??

Florida Keyz wrote in message
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are no longer endangered!

Sterling

The Federal government! They are on the protected list not the endangered

BUT manatees
 

BUT how do they taste? :^)

-JimL


Florida Keyz wrote:
are no longer endangered!

Sterling

BUT manatees
 

they taste great at breakfast with bald eagle eggs!