Manatees to keep ‘threatened’ tag

Jim Saunders News Service Florida  Contributor Florida federal wildlife officials released a proposal that would continue to classify Florida manatees as a threatened species, after environmentalists argued they should be reclassified as endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to publish a proposed rule that details its reasons for keeping the threatened classification.  Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered fo