People who would like to help protect Florida’s sea turtles and manatees can do so very easily by buying a 5-dollar sea turtle or manatee decal

People who would like to help protect Florida’s sea turtles and manatees can do so very easily by buying a 5-dollar sea turtle or manatee decal.

 

Every Summer, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission offers new decals to benefit the manatee and sea turtle programs.

 

The funds raised support manatee and sea turtle rescue and recovery efforts, research, management needs and help produce educational materials.

 

The full-color, waterproof decals are designed to stick on boats or other vehicles.

 

This year’s edition of the manatee decals is called “Manatees in Motion” which provides a reminder that manatees travel throughout Florida’s waterways and move between freshwater rivers and springs, brackish waters and coastal salt waters.

 

The “A Generation of Protection” decal highlights the many years of obstacles turtles face on their journey from hatchlings to mature adults with nests of their own, a process that can take 20 to 30 years.

 

The decals are available at local tax collector's offices or you can order them online by going to www.MyFWC.com/Manatee or MyFWC.com/SeaTurtle and clicking on “Decals.”

 

This is the 30th year FWC decals have been created for the Save the Manatee Trust Fund and Marine Resources Conservation Trust Fund

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