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Martin County tests seagrass restoration methods, including clam propagation, after manatee die‑offs
Summary
Martin County’s environmental team is expanding seagrass restoration and experimental shellfish propagation after recent manatee mortality events prompted increased funding and attention to estuary habitat.
Martin County has expanded seagrass restoration and monitoring efforts and is piloting an experimental shellfish‑propagation technique to improve conditions in the Indian River Lagoon, Environmental Resources Division Administrator John Mayle said.
The county intensified restoration after several manatee mortality events focused attention on seagrass declines in the estuary, Mayle said. Funding that followed allowed the county to scale up planting and monitoring to determine which approaches work best.
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