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On Sept. 8, 2003, two young manatee were spotted upstream of the MS-1 water retention structure.  It was presumed that the manatee entered the system late in August during gate maintenance when rainfall conditions produced comparable stages upstream and downstream at MS-1.  Since the manatee needed to go back downstream to Turkey Creek were they live, Sea World was contacted to facilitate an extraction which took place on Sept. 11, 2003.

The following pictures were taken by John Mongioi, Chair, FOTC Advisory Board, while he was in the area checking up on the FOTC sediment removal project around MS-1.

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Manatee rescue boat from SeaWorld arrives.
 
Notice the engine mounted mid-ship which frees the transom for loading.

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SeaWorld personnel prepare to drop net and trap manatee in capture area.

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SeaWorld personnel have net in place and manatee ready for capture.

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SeaWorld sets a second net in place to gently gather manatee toward boat.

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SeaWorld personnel pull the manatee into the boat with the net via the open transom.

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SeaWorld personnel calm the manatee before relocating to the truck.

   

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