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The People and Manatees of Blue Spring

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…

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