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Conservationists intend to sue US Fish and Wildlife for failing to protect Florida’s manatees
June 13, 2023
Local 10 News reported on the conservationists moving to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Florida’s manatees — more
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For World Oceans Day, we need to talk about the giant seaweed blob taking over Florida’s waters
June 8, 2023
Reckon News marked World Oceans Day with a Q&A featuring Miami Waterkeeper director of programs Amanda Prieto on the massive Sargassum “blob” — a
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Fort Lauderdale’s water-quality report card: Here are the latest results – Sun Sentinel
June 7, 2023
The Sun Sentinel reported on Miami Waterkeeper’s 2022 Annual Report, which found nearly half of Fort Lauderdale’s water-quality testing sites fail clean-water standards on
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Hurricane Nicole Caused Immense Beach Erosion to Florida’s East Coast. What to Know Ahead of Future Storms
June 2, 2023
NBC Miami examined how 2022’s Hurricane Nicole compounded the beach erosion left by Hurricane Ian just six weeks earlier, stripping away the dunes that
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With hurricane season approaching, environmental events focuses on Miami-Dade sand dunes
May 17, 2023
Local 10 News covered the pre-hurricane-season push to shore up Miami’s sand dunes — clearing trash and invasive plants at a Virginia Key restoration
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South Floridians come together to clean up habitat in Virginia Key
May 17, 2023
WSVN reported on the Virginia Key habitat restoration — part of the Elevate Prize Foundation’s Miami summit — where volunteers removed invasive plants, tended
Read moreFlorida Politics
Offshore wind projects dominate federal fish habitat conservation work
May 16, 2023
Florida Politics reported on how a surge of offshore wind consultations is pulling NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast habitat experts away from Florida projects — even
Read moreKB Independent
PODCAST: Sick Bay – a conversation with Miami Waterkeeper
May 5, 2023
The Key Biscayne Independent‘s Anti-Social podcast hosted Miami Waterkeeper policy director Audrey Siu for a conversation on Biscayne Bay’s worsening water quality — a
Read moreFlorida Today
Another group of conservationists plans to sue US government unless they save manatees
May 4, 2023
Florida Today reported that Miami Waterkeeper, alongside the Center for Biological Diversity, Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, and a Puerto Rico engineer, filed
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Groups to sue federal officials over manatee protection
May 2, 2023
The Associated Press reported that Miami Waterkeeper joined the Center for Biological Diversity, Harvard’s Animal Law & Policy Clinic, and Frank S. González García
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Biscayne Bay report shows no improvement, remains at “tipping point”
April 27, 2023
The Key Biscayne Independent reported on the D-minus grade Biscayne Bay drew in the county’s latest report card — not a single area rated
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Fecal bacteria skyrockets to 150 times beyond safe levels in some Florida canals after historic flooding
April 20, 2023
The Daily Mail reported on the fecal bacteria that skyrocketed in Fort Lauderdale’s canals after April’s historic flooding, drawing on Miami Waterkeeper’s sampling: our
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