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Brevard's Manatee Count Is the Highest It's Been in a Decade

Researchers say the number is encouraging, while warning that habitat and water quality still need attention.

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Claire Szewczyk

Claire Szewczyk

Claire has called Florida home for a decade, but her love of the Space Coast goes back further — to the beat-up Kennedy Space Center coffee table book she found in a thrift store when she was five. She writes about the people, places, and history that make Brevard County great, and those stories are where Brightside Brevard began.

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