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Mangroves help fight hurricanes. Now Miami wants to ban planting any more at city parks
May 19, 2022
Jenny Staletovich from WLRN writes: “The city of Miami will be a national laughing stock if they go ahead and ban mangroves in the
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In PSA, Miami-Dade leaders make case for seasonal fertilizer ban, strongest in Florida
May 16, 2022
Robbin Simmons of WSVN writes: “We want plenty of food for manatees. We want fat manatees around Biscayne Bay and in Florida, and that
Read moreWSVN 7 News
First fertilizer ban put in place in South Florida with hopes of stopping chemicals leaking into Biscayne Bay, effective through Oct. 31
May 13, 2022
T.J. Parker from WSVN writes: “Our waterways are especially at risk in the rainy summer months,” said Miami Waterkeeper’s Rachel Silverstein. Read the full
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
Ordinance limiting fertilizer use aims to keep South Florida waterways healthy
May 11, 2022
Louis Aguirre for Local10 News writes: “Nobody thinks that they are killing the bay when they’re trying to fertilize their lawns, but that’s exactly
Read moreThe Guardian
Fish on drugs: cocktail of medications is ‘contaminating ocean food chain’
April 29, 2022
Salomé Gómez-Upegui from the Guardian writes: “Though most contamination is screened out at sewage treatment plants, it’s very hard to remove some of these
Read moreMiami New Times
“Sign of Hope”: Rare Sighting of Two Endangered Sawfish in Biscayne Bay
April 12, 2022
Alex DeLuca from the Miami New Times writes: “It was a sign of hope,” Silverstein says. “It gave everybody a lot of joy knowing that
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
Pet waste seriously contributing to pollution problem affecting Biscayne Bay
April 6, 2022
Louis Aguirre from Local10 News writes: “When pet waste is in the street or on the ground, it gets washed down the drain. And
Read moreFox Weather
Miami, a fave among spring breakers, is already feeling the effects of rising seas
April 6, 2022
Aaron Barker from FOX Weather wrote: “Eighty percent of visitors that come to Miami go in the water while they’re here,” said Rachel Silverstein,
Read moreLocal 10 (WPLG)
1,000 Eyes on the Water campaign encourages South Floridians to join fight to save Biscayne Bay
March 30, 2022
Louis Aguirre from Local10 News writes: “Every member of the community can keep their eyes on the water and be a part of keeping
Read moreWLRN
South Florida’s dirty water, the Miami-Dade Youth Fair is back, ‘Secret Identity’
March 21, 2022
On the March 21 edition of Sundial: Florida ranked first in that study for having the highest total acres of lakes that are too
Read moreWUSF
South Florida’s coral reef is being overfished. Nearly a dozen species are nearing unsustainable numbers
March 16, 2022
Jenny Staletovich wrote for WLRN: “Managers are required to use the best available science and that includes recently published studies,” Miami Waterkeeper executive director
Read moreMiami Herald
FPL drops plan to use treated sewage in nuke plant cooling canals. Critics still concerned
March 15, 2022
Adriana Brasileiro of the Miami Herald writes: Florida Power & Light has abandoned a plan to use treated wastewater to freshen the troubled cooling
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