Sanctuary holds info session, Q&A in Upper Keys
On Oct. 7, 230 local residents piled into the auditorium at Coral Shores High School to hear from the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and ask questions...
Initiative measures value of local reefs
A team of scientists from Florida International University and The Nature Conservancy are setting out to show the ocean from a new point of view. Called “ocean...
REEF Fest to offer diving, socials and more
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) will celebrate the success and impact of marine conservation programs during REEF Fest, set for Oct. 17-20 in Key Largo.
Sponsored by Capital...
Revealed: Restoration Blueprint specifics for Middle Keys
On Sept. 30, staff from the Florida Keys National Wildlife Marine Sanctuary presented region-specific details of its Restoration Blueprint in the Marathon High School auditorium. The plan...
Bee Removal and Honey Production in the Keys
It’s 8 a.m. on a Friday as Jeff Bennett stands in the yard of a home on Middle Torch Key, staring up at a hole in the...
Marathon crowd generates stack of questions for sanctuary staff
It wasn’t quite the standing-room-only crowd on Sept. 30 in Marathon High School’s auditorium, but the audience was substantial, to hear region-specific details about the National Marine...
Shore to Sea: Marine education by locals for locals
In the Keys, life revolves around the ocean, the animals that live there, and the life it supports. MarineLab knows the ocean and wants to help locals...
Locals respond to Oxitec’s latest proposal for biologically modified mosquitoes
Comments will close on Oxitec’s application to the EPA on Oct. 11.
Oxitec is proposing a trial of its “2nd Generation” technology in the U.S. to use biologically...
Community Comments on Sanctuary Blueprint
The conversation about the proposed blueprint has reached a fever pitch in Key West.
The Keys are passionate about their waters — and rightly so. The shallow waters...
“We are all on the same team, like it or not.”
There are so many things I love about this plan. I, of course, love the expansion of the sanctuary line. I love expanding the SPAs inshore and...
