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Press Release December 17, 2025

House Republicans Advance Bill to Gut Endangered Species Act

Bill would reduce critical protections for imperiled plants and animals

Manatees swim in Florida's Crystal River.
(atese / Getty Images)
Press Release May 10, 2022

Lawsuit: EPA Must Protect Manatees from Water Pollution

Hundreds starved to death in 2021 because unchecked pollution is killing seagrass

Manatees need seagrasses to survive, but pollution that sparks algae outbreaks is shading out the grasses, leaving the sea cows with nothing to eat.
(atrese / Getty Images)
Press Release December 20, 2021

Groups File Legal Action to Protect Manatees from Water Pollution

Manatees starved to death because unchecked pollution killed seagrass

A California spotted owl in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California. (Jamie Chambers / USDA Forest Service)
Article December 8, 2025

Saving Endangered Species Polls at 84%. So Why Does Trump Keep Doing the Opposite?

All the ways the Trump administration is targeting endangered species and their habitats for corporate profits — and how you can help.

Manatees swim in Florida's Crystal River.
(atese / Getty Images)
Update May 10, 2022

We’re Suing: Manatees Need More than Lettuce from our Leaders

Earthjustice is using the power of the law to compel the government to fix the pollution causing manatee deaths.

Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) at Crystal River, Florida. (Moment Open / Getty Images)
video April 3, 2023

Giving Manatees a Fighting Chance

We’re working to protect manatees from unprecedented mass starvation.

Staghorn coral at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park near Key Largo, Florida. (Rolf von Riedmatten / Getty Images)
From the Experts November 25, 2025

Trashing our oceans: Feds plan the biggest permitted coral destruction in U.S. history

Floridians are raising questions about a U.S. Army Corps plan to blast and dredge Fort Lauderdale’s port — and smother more than 200 acres of sea floor and rare corals.

A manatee calf with its mother at Three Sisters Springs in Florida. Earthjustice is dedicated to <a href="/office/florida">curbing the widespread contamination of Florida waters</a> by sewage, fertilizer, and manure. (James R.D. Scott / Getty Images)
Press Release November 19, 2025

Earthjustice Responds to Another Trump Administration Attack on Endangered Species

Set of proposed rules would hollow out bedrock environmental law

In the News: WOSU January 31, 2022

Columbus Zoo takes in four manatees from Florida, a species on the brink

Elizabeth Forsyth, Attorney, Biodiversity Program, Earthjustice: “EPA is the federal agency that at the end of the day is responsible for ensuring that our nation waters are clean and that species like the Florida manatee are protected and can thrive, and at the end of the day, it’s EPA who needs to come in and…

Article November 13, 2013

Pollution Killing Manatees at Record Pace

Yet, industry group seeks to removed endangered species status.

Press Release July 22, 2025

New Congressional proposal would end protections for America’s marine species

Dolphins, whales, sea otters, seals, manatees among species affected

Press Release April 20, 2001

Endangered Manatees Awarded New Protections Thanks to Landmark Legal Settlement

Florida’s endangered manatee population received a welcome boost in a landmark legal settlement reached between conservationists and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Press Release February 20, 2001

Endangered Manatees Awarded New Protections Thanks to Landmark Legal Settlement

Florida’s manatees received a welcome boost today with the announcement of a settlement between the conservationists and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC).

document May 10, 2022

Manatee Complaint

This case challenges the failure of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reinitiate Endangered Species Act section 7 consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service on water quality standards for Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, where poor water quality has caused catastrophic mortality of Florida manatees. 

Article April 12, 2013

Manatees Dying in Florida's Algae-Choked Waterways

Florida tourism promoters are always looking to get stories in the newspaper to lure northern tourists — and their vacation cash — down here. But a recent story in the New York Times wasn’t what they had in mind.

Press Release February 17, 2009

Manatee County Commission Illegally Approved Mosaic Phosphate Mine Permits

Fighting strip-mining within Peace River watershed

document December 20, 2021

60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue EPA Over Water Quality and Manatees

60-day notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency to protect water quality manatees depend on

In the News: Tampa Bay Times May 18, 2022

Op-Ed: EPA must do its job to protect manatees from deadly pollution

An opinion piece by Elizabeth Forsyth, Senior Attorney, Biodiversity Defense Program, Earthjustice