A public-private partnership is restoring seagrass in waters south of the Manatee Viewing Center near Apollo Beach.

More than 400,000 are expected to visit the center to catch a glimpse of the sea cows that migrate to the warm water discharge of TECO's Big Bend Power Station.

Manatees gather at TECO’s Big Bend Power Station every winter to keep warm. A new project is planting acres of seagrass to give them a fresh food source. Scientists hope the restored beds will be ...