US plan doubles the acres designated as critical habitat for manatees in Florida

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced a plan to more than double the critical habitat designated for manatees in Florida to 1.9 million acres. The proposed revisions also include a new designation of 78,121 acres in Puerto Rico for the Antillean manatee. In Florida, the lands affected…

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