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  1. May 29, 2025

    Fla. Appeals Order To Monitor Indian River Manatees

    Florida's Department of Environmental Protection said Wednesday it is appealing an injunction requiring the agency to implement new manatee monitoring programs after a federal judge found it violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing wastewater pollution into the North Indian River Lagoon watershed.

  2. January 24, 2023

    Fla. Agency Says New Septic Tanks Won't Kill Manatees

    Florida officials asked a federal judge to dismiss a suit brought by nonprofit Bear Warriors United Inc. accusing a state agency of violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing wastewater pollution that the group says is killing manatees, saying mitigation efforts are already in motion to protect the marine mammals.

  3. November 07, 2022

    Fla. Sewage Dump Plan Is Killing Manatees, Suit Says

    A wildlife and environmental nonprofit sued the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Friday, alleging that it failed to curb sewage disposal from septic tanks and wastewater treatment plants into the Indian River Lagoon that it says has killed off vital seagrass and cost local manatees their food source.