Foundation for Florida Environmental Protection
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Dedicated to the protection of all Florida's natural treasures; water, land and wildlife.
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Currently Ongoing Campaign
Use the hashtag #StopTheStarve and help end water pollution to keep our manatees alive
1,100 manatees starved to death in the Indian River lagoon last year. Visit stopthestarve.org to learn more.
359 Manatees died in the Indian River Lagoon in 2021.
Instead of spraying Hydrilla with poisons that go into our water, collect it and feed it to our starving manatees. They love it.
Florida Wildlife Commission has sprayed the Hydrilla at Fox Lake Park, causing it to die and sink to the bottom, adding un-wanted nutrients that destroy the water quality there.
There is still Hydrilla at South Lake. Why won’t FWC harvest it and put it into the Indian River Lagoon for the manatees to eat? It’s easier to spray it to death, but that would further degrade the water quality at South Lake.
It’s harder to harvest it but, perhaps, the money they are spending to remove dead manatees from the IRL, haul their dead bodies away, and either get them necropsied or dump them in the landfill in Cocoa could pay for something positive?
Instead of spraying Hydrilla with poisons that go into our water, collect it and feed it to our starving manatees. They love it.
Florida Wildlife Commission has sprayed the Hydrilla at Fox Lake Park, causing it to die and sink to the bottom, adding un-wanted nutrients that destroy the water quality there.
There is still Hydrilla at South Lake. Why won’t FWC harvest it and put it into the Indian River Lagoon for the manatees to eat? It’s easier to spray it to death, but that would further degrade the water quality at South Lake.
It’s harder to harvest it but, perhaps, the money they are spending to remove dead manatees from the IRL, haul their dead bodies away, and either get them necropsied or dump them in the landfill in Cocoa could pay for something positive?
Get involved in your community and take action to save the Florida manatee from extinction. #StopTheStarve
Sign this petition
Save the Manatees from Extinction Caused in Large Part by Toxic Runoff by beyondpesticides.org
Email FWC
Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to upgrade the Florida manatee to endangered and require protection from chemical pollution.
Email Gov DeSantis and all your elected officials
Tell your Congressional Representative and Senators to support H.R. 4946. Tell the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to protect manatees.
These are the email addresses for the Brevard County legislators, where the majority of the manatee mortalities have occurred:
Save the Manatees from Extinction Caused in Large Part by Toxic Runoff by beyondpesticides.org
Email FWC
Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to upgrade the Florida manatee to endangered and require protection from chemical pollution.
Email Gov DeSantis and all your elected officials
Tell your Congressional Representative and Senators to support H.R. 4946. Tell the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to protect manatees.
These are the email addresses for the Brevard County legislators, where the majority of the manatee mortalities have occurred:
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Project Highlight: No Foam Zone
The FFEP stands with Nikki Fried in support of No Foam Zone and Foam Free Florida
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Passing the ordindance day: No Styrofoam containers allowed on city property in Orlando
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Project Highlight: #1Person1Hour1Bag
This program was started by Lisa Brown, Vice Chairperson of FFEP, as a result of the Pandemic. Wanting something productive to do one Saturday morning in March 2020, she decided to get out, by herself and start picking up trash. What she realized was, she spent just 1 hour picking up 1 bag of several pounds trash in my neighborhood. That's how #1Person1Hour1Bag got its name.
We started sharing the Pics and Hashtag to encourage our friends and neighbors and now we have friends across Florida and the US spending just an hour to pick up trash in their areas. Since social distancing is now very important, you can still bring out your friends and neighbors using proper and easy Covid safe protocols. FFEP encourages everyone to spend an hour a week with #1Person1Hour1Bag by picking up the litter that is not only ugly to look at but damaging to our waterways and wildlife. Please post your pictures using the #1Person1Hour1Bag to help spread the word and bring others onboard. |
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We are dedicated to conserving and preserving the land, wildlife, and water, our natural treasures in the state of Florida.
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