Manatee monitors.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

The manatee is safe for now. The oft-loved chubby sea cow will keep its status as one of Florida's endangered species while the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reviews the state's entire process for classifying imperiled animals. Maritime, business and development interests had argued that the mammals' population, estimated at 2,800, has grown enough during the last 25 years to change its status from endangered to threatened...