7th Annual State of the Water: Powering Miami (2025)

Thank you! You showed up because you care about Miami’s waters. You knew the stakes. The future of Turkey Point and our waterways is one of the biggest challenges facing South Florida—one that will shape our environment for generations to come.

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You showed up because you care about Miami’s waters. You knew the stakes. The future of Turkey Point and our waterways is one of the biggest challenges facing South Florida—one that will shape our environment for generations to come.

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Daniella Levine Cava – Porter Presenter
Miami-Dade County Mayor

Rachel Silverstein, Ph.D. – Keynote Speaker
CEO and Waterkeeper, Miami Waterkeeper

Marvin Wilmoth – Emcee
Former Vice Mayor, North Bay Village

Craig Grossenbacher – Port Prize Awardee
Division of Environmental Resources Management

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NEWS: Corps Temporarily Halts Fort Lauderdale Dredging Project After Conservationists’ Lawsuit

August 13, 2026

For Immediate Release, August 13, 2026 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to halt authorization of all dredging activity for Broward County’s…

Press Release

Conservationists Challenge Dredging Project Near Port Everglades Over Endangered Species Act Violations

August 6, 2026

Miami Waterkeeper, the Center for Biological Diversity, Florida Wildlife Federation and the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Tuesday for violating the Endangered Species Act when permitting a sand dredging project near Port Everglades….

The Sierra Club

Financial and Ecological Risks of a Contested Florida Dredging Project

July 8, 2026

The Sierra Club published an in-depth investigation into the fight over a proposed dredging project at Port Everglades, where scientists found roughly 10 million corals—including endangered staghorn now functionally extinct in Florida—in the path of the planned channel expansion. With mitigation costs topping a billion dollars and the timeline stretching to six years, the piece captures what’s at stake when development collides with irreplaceable marine ecosystems….

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