Manatee Monitoring Program in Broward County
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Conducting aerial surveys is one of the most successful ways to determine where manatees are in Broward. Periodic helicopter flights allow for the greatest flexibility in speed and altitude to survey all tidally influenced waterways between Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. |
See a graphical representation (PDF - 210KB) of the 2007-2008 manatee survey data.
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A survey was completed on 03/25/2009 and results are:
North Fork New River - 0
New River - 0
South Fork New River - 0
North New River Canal - 0
FPL Cooling Lakes - 1
Dania Cutoff Canal - 0
ICW from Port Everglades south - 1
FPL Port Cooling Canal - 0
ICW north of Port Everglades - 0
Total - 2
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Below are survey results from the 2007-2008 manate season:
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Below are survey results from the 2008-2009 manate season:
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- 11/14/07 - 7 manatees
- 11/28/07 - 35 manatees
- 12/12/07 - 35 manatees
- 12/21/07 - 29 manatees
- 12/26/07 - 67 manatees
- 01/08/08 - 246 manatees
- 01/18/08 - 218 manatees
- 01/23/08 - 323 manatees
- 01/30/08 - 455 manatees
- 02/06/08 - 61 manatees*
- 02/15/08 - 80 manatees
- 02/20/08 - 50 manatees
- 02/29/08 - 28 manatees
- 03/05/08 - 12 manatees
- 03/13/08 - 19 manatees
- 03/20/08 - 8 manatees
- 03/27/08 - 10 manatees
*Due to heavy air traffic it was not possible to adequately survey the cooling lakes west of the FLL airport (essential manatee habitat) and western portion of the Dania Cutoff Canal.
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- 04/24/08 - 14 manatees
- 07/29/08 - 14 manatees
- 10/27/08 - 13 manatees
- 11/28/08 - 204 manatees
- 12/03/08 - 340 manatees
- 12/10/08 - 491 manatees
- 12/18/08 - 478 manatees
- 12/30/08 - 133 manatees
- 01/08/09 - 92 manatees
- 01/14/09 - 134 manatees
- 01/22/09 - 555 manatees
- 01/28/09 - 767 manatees
- 02/04/09 - 884 manatees
- 02/12/09 - 722 manatees
- 02/20/09 - 236 manatees
- 02/24/09 - 131 manatees
- 03/04/09 - 217 manatees
- 03/12/09 - 57 manatees
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Broward County encourages residents to watch for and report manatees to the Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department. If you spot a manatee in the county, download the manatee sighting report form (PDF - 32KB) and return the completed form to the address listed on the bottom.
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For more information, contact the Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department’s Natural Resources Planning and Management Division at 954-519-1284.
