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Sep 12, 2023 · Late singer Jimmy Buffett was original co-chair of the Save the Manatee Committee, which eventually became the Save the Manatee Club. [ MIAMI HERALD FILE | Miami Herald ] Buffett first...
Sep 26, 2023 · In 1981, Florida was home to less than 1,000 manatees. That year then-governor Bob Graham happened to attend a Jimmy Buffett concert with his family. Graham and Buffett were chatting backstage when the singer brought up the plight of the manatee.
- What we all like about Florida. Some celebrities seem ,to adopt a new crusade every month — the rainforest for January, whales for February and so on. They commit to causes the way they commit to matrimony.
- ‘I want to be involved’ Bob Graham had been governor for two years. A Harvard Law grad, he’s the son of a former state senator who developed the community of Miami Lakes.
- ‘A totally dingbat response’ For their meeting, Book brought along a manatee expert, a biologist named Patrick Rose, to provide some scientific expertise.
- The adopters. Buffett turned out to be a creative thinker about the Save the Manatee Club. According to Rose, Buffett was the one who came up with the organization’s most effective fundraising program, dubbed “Adopt-A-Manatee.”
Save the Manatee Club is an award-winning national nonprofit 501 (c) (3) and membership-based organization established in 1981 by renowned singer/songwriter, Jimmy Buffett, and former U.S. Senator, Bob Graham, when he was governor of Florida.
Sep 14, 2023 · Jimmy Buffett's involvement with manatee conservation and his impact on the Save the Manatee Club. Learn about the current state of manatee mortality and how to report injured or dead manatees.
Sep 3, 2023 · Rose says Buffett, a sailing enthusiast, had encountered a manatee with gashes from boat propellers and realized they needed help from humans. Buffett and Graham were co-founders of the club.
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Sep 2, 2023 · Buffett, shown in a photo above a story, was working with then-Gov. Bob Graham to return two manatees ― Hi and Doby ― to the Caloosahatchee River in July 1982. The ailing manatees went to Sea ...
