Who are the MRP partners?
The MRP is a cooperative group of non-profit, private, state, and federal entities with a stake in tracking the post-release fate of rehabilitated manatees in the wild. The founding partners are: Columbus Zoo, Disney Conservation Fund, EPCOT-Living Seas, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, Lowry Park Zoo, Miami Seaquarium, Save the Manatee Club, SeaWorld Florida, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey’s Sirenia Project, and Wildlife Trust. See a list of the MRP partners. How does the partnership operate? The partners provide funding and technical expertise to a third party group chosen by the MRP to provide post-release monitoring services. Until late mid 2008, Wildlife Trust provided this service, headed by conservation biologist, Monica Ross. Sea2Shore Alliance is currently performing this function. The financial, technical, and field support that has been contributed by the p
