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March 4, 2025 34 mins

Blue Spring State Park is layered with history: steamboats, citrus, naturalists and old travel novels. But the manatees are the heart of the park, and their survival depends on action by dedicated Floridians.

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These park rangers oversaw Florida’s only manatee refuge. Then they were fired. - Tampa Bay Times

Florida manatee denied same 'endangered' status as Antillean - Oceanographic Magazine

Volusia and Vibilia: Companion Plantations on the St. Johns River in Spanish and Territorial East Florida - Florida Historical Quarterly

Artist-Naturalists in Florida: William Bartram - Florida Museum

 

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