THESE ECO-FRIENDLY VACATIONS ARE EASY ON THE WALLET & ENVIRONMENT
Florida offers eco-friendly vacation options catering to nature lovers and those looking to minimize their environmental impact. Here are some ideas for eco-friendly vacations in Florida.
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NOAA TAKES EMERGENCY STEPS TO PROTECT BABY CORALS
NOAA has issued an emergency rule establishing three temporary special-use areas in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary where coral restoration partners can quickly relocate nursery corals...
DAUGHTRY TO LEAD SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council elected a new chair and vice chair at its June 18 meeting in Marathon while also welcoming five new...
THESE LANDSCAPING PRACTICES AIM TO PRESERVE FLORIDA’S PRECIOUS WATER RESOURCES
The Green Industries Best Management Practices (GI-BMP) training aims to preserve Florida's water resources by educating on methods to reduce pollutants such as hydrocarbons, pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides...
OCEANOGRAPHER SYLVIA EARLE: KEYS ARE A ‘HOPE SPOT’
The Florida Keys, along with Biscayne Bay and Ten Thousand Islands, have been selected as a Hope Spot by Sylvia Earle’s Mission Blue, becoming the 163rd such...
KEYS CORAL RESTORATION GROUP GETS ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ DONATION FROM FORMER NFL TEAM CO-OWNER
At the end of March, Mike Goldberg, co-founder of I.CARE and owner of Key Dives, got a call “out of the blue” from someone who’d seen him...
NOAA PREDICTS MORE STORMS & MAJOR HURRICANES THIS SEASON
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane...
RESCUED SAWFISH DIES AFTER MONTH OF REHAB EFFORTS
A distressed smalltooth sawfish originally rescued in early April passed away on May 2 after a month of exhaustive rehabilitation efforts, Mote Marine Laboratory announced in a...
SAWFISH STRUGGLES BRING FLASHBACK TO A FIRST SIGHTING
By Brynn Morey
I will never forget the first time I observed a sawfish. I was camping in the Keys, long before I called this place home.
We took...
LOOK, BUT DON’T TOUCH KEY DEER FAWNS THIS SEASON
While late April and early May have typically been the times when Key deer start giving birth to fawns, staff with the National Key Deer Refuge have...
