LOCAL

Manatees topic of Sierra Club meeting

Times Staff Report

Jonathon Meeks, a native of Etowah County and current chairman of Sierra Club Alabama Chapter, will be giving a photo presentation on manatees at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Joe M. Ford Center.

Meeks, an avid outdoorsman and gardener, took a kayaking expedition to Homassassa Springs and Crystal River, Florida, where he encountered and photographed manatees.

Peaceful and slow-moving, manatees are herbivores. Some believe they inspired tales of mermaids.

Thursday's meeting of the Coosa Valley Sierra Club is free and open to the public.