Casselberry Chamber Luncheon 20071107

Welcome outdoor enthusiasts, boaters, fishermen, divers, wildlife watchers, and animal lovers!

• Join Patrick Rose, who is an aquatic biologist and the Executive Director of Save the Manatee Club
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• Learn more about our state’s fascinating marine mammal
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• You’ll have a chance to win a great door prize... A special bottle of “Manatee Merlot” by Oreana Wine Company based in California.
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• Pat is one of the world’s leading experts on the Florida manatee. He was the first federal manatee recovery coordinator and worked for Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection for 16 years where he led the creation and implementation of recovery programs for protected marine mammals and sea turtles.

Save the Manatee Club...

• Was established in 1981 by former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham and singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett.
• Was started so the public could participate in conservation efforts to save endangered manatees from extinction. Its mission is to protect manatees and their aquatic habitats for future generations.
• Is a membership-based, national nonprofit organization. Funds from their Adopt-A-Manatee program go toward public awareness and education projects; manatee research; rescue and rehabilitation efforts; and advocacy in order to ensure better protection for manatees and their habitat.

Hope you can attend the luncheon!

Before then, take a few moments to visit Save the Manatee Club’s website at www.savethemanatee.org.

• Pat Rose has authored or co-authored numerous reports and peer-reviewed publications on manatees and other protected species.
• He was the first federal Manatee Recovery Activities Coordinator and was the principal author of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Manatee Comprehensive Work Plan.
• Subsequently, he worked for Florida’s Departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for 13 years where he led the creation and implementation of recovery programs for protected marine mammals and sea turtles.
• From 1996 to 2007 Pat served as Save the Manatee Club’s Director of Government Relations.
• He has been a member of every federal Manatee Recovery Team, and currently sits on its Steering Committee.
• He was an appointed member of the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN) Species Survival Commission/Sirenia Specialist Group, and was also a member - by gubernatorial appointment - of Florida’s Boating Advisory Council.
• He is a past recipient of the National Wildlife Federation’s National Conservation Achievement Award and was given the Award of Recognition at the First International Manatee and Dugong Research Conference.
• Pat has been featured on numerous television shows including Good Morning America; Newton’s Apple; and NBC, ABC and CBS evening news and in National Geographic magazine.
• Pat’s name was even used as part of an answer on the popular show Jeopardy!
• Pat is a lifelong boater and is a certified instructor with the Professional Association of Diving Instructors and an accomplished underwater photographer and cinematographer and private pilot. Although Pat has been working to save manatees and their aquatic ecosystems for more than 30 years, he knows there is much left to do.