''Manatee Management or Human Management Protecting an Endangered Marine Mammal in a Highly Developed Environment''

Presented by Dr. Katie Tripp, the lecture is free and open to the public.

Tripp is director of science and conservation for Save the Manatee Club, the preeminent organization devoted to the conservation of manatees in North America. Previously she worked as a manatee consultant for a Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project and as a biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory, where she conducted research and performed manatee necropsies and marine mammal rescue.

Tripp has co-authored multiple papers on manatees, and in 2008 she received the Reep-Bonde Florida Manatee Biology and Conservation Award for furthering knowledge of fundamental manatee biology. She has a bachelor’s degree in marine science, environmental policy, and chemistry from Eckerd College and a Ph.D. in veterinary medical sciences from the University of Florida.