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Keys Weekly
Published 8 hours agoTourism dollars fund 18 new mooring balls in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Tourism tax dollars are helping protect some of the Florida Keys’ most valuable natural resources, with the installation of 18 new mooring buoy anchors at three popular reef sites within Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The Monroe County Tourist Development Council awarded…
Keys Weekly
Published 8 hours agoCounty investment supports new discovery center and museum at Pennekamp State Park
Monroe County Commissioners recently approved allocating $2 million toward the new Discovery Center & Aquarium at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo. The allocation, the largest single contribution to a capital project in the Florida State Parks Foundation’s…
Keys Weekly
Published September 10Project off Islamorada’s Sea Oats Beach seeks to protect vulnerable section of U.S. 1
A section of Florida Keys highway historically prone to wash out from storms and facing erosion from sea level rise could get added protection through a village-led breakwater project. Millions of dollars were spent over the years on a section of highway near Islamorada’s Sea…
Keys Weekly
Published September 08After years of fundraising, work may soon begin on Alligator Reef Lighthouse
It’s being called a turning point in a years-long local effort to restore one of the most iconic structures in the Florida Keys, the historic Alligator Reef Lighthouse. “It really feels like we’re making progress here, it’s been a lot of fundraising, fundraising, fundraising for…
Keys Weekly
Published August 29County’s mooring field project secures permits; effort aims to reduce unmanaged anchoring
Monroe County recently received permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for the Man of War Harbor Mooring Field, marking a major milestone toward construction of the county’s planned mooring field near Key West’s Wisteria…
Monroe County BOCC News
Published August 19