An application for designation of Outstanding Florida Waters will be submitted by the Ft Lauderdale, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea and Pompano Beach nearshore coral reef communities to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This designation is being sought in order to increase the level of water quality protection being provided to these waters.
December 26, 2009: The Town of Palm Beach could face millions of dollars in mitigation costs because of damage to Breaker’s Reef caused by past beach renourishment projects. …read more
The Center for Biological Diversity has recently filed a petition to have 83 coral species found in U.S. waters placed on the endangered species list. The 191-page long petition was sent to the U.S. Department of Commerce, as well as the director of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, abbreviated NOAA, and contains everything from the biology to abundance of the corals species …read more
Marine debris — trash and garbage in our waters from land and ocean sources — is a major problem world-wide. It is especially noticeable in the Florida Keys because of our many miles of shoreline that collect debris that the tides and currents carry our way. Added to that is the intensive use of the Florida Keys for tourism and commercial fishing activities which together result in tons of debris trapped in mangroves, on sandy beaches and below the surface of the water on seagrasses and coral reefs. This debris threatens seabirds and marinelife. …read more
Craig & DeeVon and Monroe County Mayor George Neugent
Reef Relief Founders Step Down after 23Years, 6/10/09 Florida Keys Keynoter
Michael Blades with (l to r) Laura Urian, Wendy Weir, Sylvia Earle
Last week, Admiral Allen testified before Congress on the merits of a National Ocean Policy as a representative of the Obama Administration’s Ocean Policy Task Force. …Read more
Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming published by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Penquin Classics, features an entry by Craig Quirolo of three images of a single coralhead and how it changed over a ten year period. Launch the interactive book. Buy the hardcover.
Craig Quirolo talks about some of the thousands of photos he’s made of coral reefs around the world… Read More