MANATEE COUNTY — If you tell Damon Moore that his latest work assignment is for the birds, he will enthusiastically agree. Pelicans, ducks, egrets, herons, ospreys and bald eagles are finding new habitat because of a $2 million restoration project that Moore, an environmental program manager, and Erin Struzzieri, an environmental specialist with Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources, are overseeing. The soon-to-open Perico Preserve, 176 acres of uplands and fresh water and saltwater wetlands on Perico Island, is...
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