Let’s Talk (Coral) Sex: Mote researchers tackle coral spawning asynchrony to make “coral babies”
Hanna Koch and her team at Mote’s International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration (IC2R3) facility on Summerland Key play coral matchmakers to help our coral...
Everglades roundtable brings urgency, collaboration to forefront
Federal, state and local representatives voiced urgency and stressed collaboration on Everglades restoration during a recent roundtable gathering at Islamorada’s Founders Park Community Center.
Talks kicked off the...
A Not-So-Happy 40th Anniversary: Pythons in the Everglades
By Antonia Florio, Science Communications Liaison, Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park just had a 40th anniversary on October 24. It’s one anniversary we’d rather not celebrate. That’s...
Prescribed Burns planned on Big Pine Key Next Week (October 28 – November 1)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to conduct prescribed burns on one or more locations within the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key next...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Deadline nears on lighthouse acquisition application
A deadline approaches as the federal government’s General Services Administration seeks applications from nonprofits and groups that want to preserve Keys lighthouses.
The lighthouses — Alligator, Sombrero, American...
‘NEVER OUR INTENTION’ – Three preservation areas not just for Blue Star operators
The proposal by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary of three spots in the Keys as “limited use” for Blue Star Dive Operators only has caused a...
