DESERT ISLAND: BALLAST KEY IS A SANCTUARY WORTH SAVING
If I want to cut to the chase when telling someone about Ballast Key, I drop the fact that it was once on the market for $15.8...
GMM MOSQUITOS OPINION: ‘THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOUR RESPONSE TO THESE DECEPTIONS &...
An open letter from the Monroe County Environmental Coalition to Keys elected officials:
To all elected officials who have campaigned on improving public health and environmental issues and...
FAMED EXPLORERS SYLVIA EARLE & MIREYA MAYOR SIT DOWN WITH KEYS WEEKLY
Explorers Sylvia Earle and Mireya Mayor talk exploration, conservation and what the future holds with Keys Weekly Newspapers.
Vegetation removal from West Fanny Key sparks residents’ outcry
When Marathon resident Bob Williams set out on Sunday, Sept. 19 for his daily swim around East and West Fanny Key, two small islands on the gulf...
FROM ‘HABITUAL HOOKER’ TO KEYS KRITTER — A KEYS (SEA TURTLE) SUCCESS STORY
“This is a repeat offender or ‘habitual hooker,’ as we call it,” said Whitney Crowder, a sea turtle rehabilitation coordinator from the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in...
INAUGURAL MARINE DEBRIS CLEANUP COMPETITION SET
Collect debris on land or sea and vie for more than $5,000 in cash prizes. An inaugural marine debris tournament in Islamorada is seeking teams eager to...
CANAL RESTORATION COSTS LIKELY TO EXCEED $300 MILLION
A long-term plan to improve water quality and reduce sediment buildup in 63 village canals could cost well over $300 million.
That’s according to a recent report that...
Man fleeing officers charged with nine undersized lobster
A Miami Lakes man is facing a number of charges after reportedly fleeing from Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation investigators and possessing nine undersized wrung lobster tails.
FWC...
IN THEIR WORDS: LOCAL STARTS NONPROFIT TO PROTECT KEYS WATERS
Fifty-two cleanups conducted this year resulted in the removal of just over 25,200 pounds of debris from the shorelines in the Upper Keys. For founder and Conch...
Judge hands man jail time for undersized fish, spearfishing violations
A Hialeah man arrested in May for spearfishing in a restricted area and possessing an array of undersized fish will spend 60 days in jail, following a...