http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/ Manatee Watching Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:58:44 GMT mssail5024@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/573 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/573 EXCELLENT...only wish you had added and accented Look Don't Touch MEANS?and? includes.........no scratching under the flipper, no belly rubs, no rubbing the Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:13:24 GMT tracy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/572 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/572 I asked Mark Santa-Maria to film my manatee encounter this past winter to show how easy it is to enjoy the company of a manatee without harassing it. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:21:16 GMT tracy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/571 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/571 I was kayaking on King's Bay this morning and listening to the marine radio. Manatees were hard to find and guides were searching every nook and cranny. I Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:16:02 GMT tracy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/570 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/570 I took a college student on a kayak tour of King's Bay yesterday. She's writing a paper on manatees and tourism. She saw a manatee for the first time as we Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:23:21 GMT Lars Andersen http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/569 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/569 Well said, Tracy. Good job! Lars Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:16:44 GMT tracy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/568 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/568 I, too was very disappointed at the abrupt ending to the meeting. Especially since it seemed to be going so well. Below is an e-mail I sent to those who were Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:51:23 GMT Lars Andersen http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/567 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/567 The Tallahassee moderator was equally surprised that there was also a meeting in Crystal. She seemed sincere. Probably just a case of a large agency not Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:30:08 GMT Brack Barker http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/566 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/566 When I mentioned the paddle listening session in Tally to Carol Knox the FWCC manatee biologist, as being the same date and that there were people concerned Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:26:42 GMT mssail5024@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/565 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/565 Our meeting was shortened, as to why, not sure. Many were saying how disappointed they were that they were not able to speak, as they were exiting. Might have Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:48:03 GMT Lars Andersen http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/564 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/564 Thanks for the reminder, Stacey. Unfortunately, the FWC, for some mysterious reason, decided to hold two "listening sessions" on the same day at the same exact Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:27:38 GMT mssail5024@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/563 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/563 For anyone who sees whats going on and doesn't like what you see, please be present. Or just if you have any ideas to make things better... Plantation Inn 6pm Wed, 20 May 2009 16:47:43 GMT morgan413637 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/562 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/562 Hum.....let's see.....not sure who these folks are. Looks like they went to 3 Sisters Springs in a jon boat, so they probably didn't have a guide and probably Wed, 20 May 2009 15:52:28 GMT Aardvarks Florida Kayak Company http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/561 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/561 Has anyone encountered a tour group called Spiritual Travel. They are featured on Gordon's Travel guide. I suspect they subcontract with somebody here. Here's Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:44:44 GMT tracy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/559 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/559 Yesterday morning at about 8:15 I drove over to Three Sisters to check on the manatee situation. There was one tour boat and three swimmers in the water at Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:58:14 GMT tracy http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/558 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/manateewatchinggroup/message/558 I've been watching boats and swimmers invade what used to be manatee sanctuaries in and around King's Bay. The sanctuaries expired and the boundaries came