Manatee Virtual Public Hearing

Community engagement and collaboration
Manatee Virtual Public Hearing

States

Florida, Puerto Rico

Subject

Endangered and/or Threatened species
Habitat conservation

Information on the Manatee Virtual Public Hearing 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service held a virtual public meeting and hearing on February 26, 2025. The virtual public hearing was held to give the public an opportunity to learn more about the Florida and Antillean Manatee Proposed Listing. The comment period on this proposal has closed.

An accessible version of the Service鈥檚 public meeting and hearing presentation is available at the link below. 

/media/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposed-listing-actions-antillean-manatee-and-florida-manatee 

An audio and video recording of the meeting and hearing is available at the link below.

    

Transcript for the meeting and hearing is available at the link below.

/media/usfws-florida-and-antillean-manatee-virtual-public-meeting-and-hearing-transcript 

Informaci贸n sobre la audiencia p煤blica virtual de Manatee 

El Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. celebr贸 una reuni贸n y audiencia p煤blica virtual el 26 de febrero de 2025. La audiencia p煤blica virtual se llev贸 a cabo para brindarle al p煤blico la oportunidad de aprender m谩s sobre la inclusi贸n propuesta del manat铆 de Florida y las Antillas. El per铆odo de comentarios ha finalizado.

Una versi贸n accesible de la presentaci贸n de la reuni贸n p煤blica y audiencia del Servicio est谩 disponible en el siguiente enlace. 

/media/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposed-listing-actions-antillean-manatee-and-florida-manatee

Una grabaci贸n de audio y v铆deo de la reuni贸n y la audiencia est谩 disponible en el siguiente enlace.

 

La transcripci贸n de la reuni贸n y la audiencia est谩 disponible en el siguiente enlace.

/media/usfws-florida-and-antillean-manatee-virtual-public-meeting-and-hearing-transcript 


 

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed Listing Actions for the Antillean Manatee and Florida Manatee

This document is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's presentation for the virtual meeting/hearing on the proposed listing actions for the Antillean and Florida manatees.

USFWS Florida and Antillean Manatee Virtual Public Meeting and Hearing Transcript

Transcript for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Florida and Antillean Manatee Virtual Public Meeting and Hearing

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