SANCTUARY MOVES FORWARD WITH RESTORATION BLUEPRINT IN FEDERAL WATERS
One year after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a comprehensive restoration plan for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in state waters, NOAA officials...
ARE YOUR PALM FRONDS DRY AND BROWN? BLAME THE PALM LEAF SKELETONIZER
By Liah Continentino
Have you ever noticed the fronds on your palms looking dry and brown, with accumulations of crumbly brown pellets stuck to them?...
WILDLIFE AGENCIES SEEK PUBLIC INPUT FOR KEY DEER SURVEY
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are seeking input from those who live, work,...
MOM & BABY MANATEE GO HOME FOLLOWING RELEASE AT PENNEKAMP STATE PARK
On Jan. 28, Dolphin Research Center’s manatee rescue team, in partnership with SeaWorld Orlando and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, successfully released...
S.O.A.R. BRINGS AN URCHIN CLEANING CREW TO KEY LARGO’S HORSESHOE REEF
As coral restoration practitioners work to repair the Keys’ most treasured reef sites, a first-of-its-kind sea urchin release hopes to keep those reefs in...
LETTER: SAVE THE KEYS FROM OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
On Jan 6, the Village of Islamorada became the latest governmental body in the Monroe County to unanimously pass a resolution objecting to the...
PUBLIX AND FORCE BLUE INSTALL CORAL NURSERY TREES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Publix’s “Good Together” environmental campaign donations are supporting coral restoration efforts in the Florida Keys through a coral field nursery consisting of 25 coral...
A WORD FROM THE ENVIRONMENT: 2025 STRIDES AND SETBACKS FOR KEYS WATERS & WILDLIFE
The past 12 months brought some major wins for the precious Florida Keys ecosystem, from renewed ecotourism efforts to trash derbies and an all-out...
KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY’S LAVERDURE NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
A colleague asked that she be cloned. In a way she has been, taking on the responsibilities of another full-time position in addition to...
PENGUINS, SEA OTTERS, OCTOPUSES, OH MY! KEYS OFFICIALS TOUR MOTE MARINE LAB’S NEW AQUARIAUM
The agenda included close encounters with sharks, rays, manatees, penguins, sea otters, octopuses, coral reef and more as a group of public officials, community...
