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How’s your #NationalVolunteerWeek going?

Volunteers help to ensure national marine sanctuaries remain America’s underwater treasures for future generations. These volunteers participate in a wide variety of activities including diving, whale identification, beach cleanups, water quality monitoring, collecting field observations and surveys, acting as visitor center docents, and wildlife monitoring.

Although we think #NationalVolunteerWeek should be every week, this week we are especially appreciative of all our incredible sanctuary volunteers! Are you interested in volunteering with us? Visit https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/involved/volunteer_future.html

Photo credit: Daryl Duda

Today is the last day of #WorldWildlifeWeek and our final #WorldWildlifeWeek two truths and a lie game. Can you guess which of these three statements isn’t true about the West Indian manatee found in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary?

1. Full grown manatees typically weigh between 400 and 500 pounds.
2. Manatees eat up to 150 pounds of plants each day.
3. Manatees are mammals.

Let us known the comments!