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🧵After getting dropped from the endangered species list four years ago, Florida’s manatees are dying in record numbers. So far this year, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has logged 832 deaths out of an estimated 6,300 manatees. (1/4) @ChispaFlorida 
The reason is that seagrass, which they eat, is dying due to fertilizer runoff from agriculture and residential sources that is polluting the waterways, which can cause #BlueGreenAlgaeBlooms. These, in turn, block sunlight that seagrass needs to survive. (2/4) @flconservancy
To combat this deadly trend, Democratic state Sen. @ShevrinJones has introduced a bill (SB 238) that would require Florida officials to continue protecting certain species after the federal government removes them from its list of “endangered” or “threatened” species. (3/4)
