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	"author_name": "Opportunity For All Floridians",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/opportunity-for-all-floridians",
	"title": "Write your Lawmakers: Pass the Manatee Protection Act",
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	"description": "People all over the world love manatees, one of Florida&#x27;s most iconic animals. Unfortunately, for the past several years, manatees in Florida have been dying off in record numbers. They are starving. This is due to their primary food source, seagrass, being killed in algal blooms caused by fertilizer runoff. The manatees&#x27; primary source of food is seagrass, which normally grows on the bottom of shallow sea floors. Seagrass is being killed off by fertilizer runoff flowing from the massive sugar cane farms in Central Florida out to the estuaries on either coast where manatees gather to feed on seagrass. The fertilizers contain high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus that contribute to the growth of harmful algal blooms. These blooms reduce the amount of sunlight that penetrates the water, leading to a decrease in seagrass growth. The U.S. Fish &amp;amp; Wildlife Service is in charge of evaluating which animals are put on the endangered species list. Under the Trump administration, this agency downgraded manatees from “endangered” to “threatened” in 2017, a move which surprised environmental groups. Many experts believe this move was premature. Removing the manatee from the list isn&#x27;t a trivial matter: it also removes federal money and protections that are available under the Endangered Species Act. After an uproar and a well-publicized petition to re-list the manatee, the agency is reconsidering this, but it still has not added the manatee back to the endangered species list. In 2023, a bipartisan group of members of Congress led by Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced H.R. 131, the Manatee Protection Act. This bill would require the Department of the Interior to include the manatee in the endangered species list and give the species protections provided to endangered species. Write your members of Congress and tell them: let&#x27;s save Florida&#x27;s manatees—pass the Manatee Protection Act!",
	"url": "https://opportunityfl.org/call-to-action/write-your-lawmakers-pass-the-manatee-protection-act/?source=facebook"
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