Welaka National Fish Hatchery manatee arrival day test for emergency space May 2022 DSC-0159 photo by Lourdes Mena USFWS.jpg

a group of people surrounding a manatee laying on a blue tarp
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/06/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Terri Calleson (kneeling, front row on the right) and the rest of the manatee crew at Welaka National Fish Hatchery. Welaka NFH was used as a test site for emergency space for manatees during the Unusual Mortality Event that began in December 2020.
Facility
Welaka National Fish Hatchery
Species
Trichechus manatus
Subject tags
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Fish hatcheries
Wildlife management