South Florida water managers and Florida Power & Light have reached an agreement that will increase monitoring of saltwater intrusion in the area of the mainland Turkey Point nuclear power plant.
Posted - Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
- Florida Keys wellfields get more monitoring
- Ban on Goliath grouper harvest remains for now
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A goliath grouper (formerly known as "Jewfish"), hovers over the Benwood wreck off Key Largo.
Anglers who can testify to increasing numbers of Goliath grouper now include Rodney Barreto of Key Largo, chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 11:05 AM EDT
- State awards Keys energy project
Left to right: Josh Clearman, Key West High physics teacher; Dave Perkins, assistant principal, Key West High; Debra Walker, School Board member; and Michael Zavosky, Florida Department of Education.
A Key West high school alternative energy program is one of five winners in Florida's Governor's Serve to Preserve: Green Schools Awards program.
Posted - Thursday, October 08, 2009 05:07 PM EDT
- Report: Coral bleaching, disease link closer than thought
The same oceanic temperature shifts that created Hurricane Katrina in 2005 also caused warm water to settle over parts of the Florida Keys, triggering mass coral bleaching that affected up to 90 percent of reef cover in the area.
Posted - Wednesday, October 07, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
- New off-limits signs in Backcountry surprise some guides
Capt. Mike Makowski and fishing friend Andrew Ball stand on a boat near a new no-entry sign around the Buchanan Keys off Lower Matecumbe Key. (Photos by David Ball)
New signs appearing in Florida Bay caution boaters to travel at no-wake speeds or stay out of a shallow area. They came as a surprise to several flats guides fishing in the area who don’t recall them being there in the past.
Posted - Friday, October 02, 2009 11:39 AM EDT
- Deep corals could get safety net
A deep area off the Florida Keys likely will be designated as protected habitat for "an invaluable array of deepwater coral species."
Posted - Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
An alligator and a Burmese python tangle in the Everglades. Wildlife officers say another, more dangerous python has surfaced in and around the national park.
EXOTIC WILDLIFE
Nasty python from Africa is latest exotic invaderAs if one giant python wasn’t enough, a cluster of captures in a single square mile of West Miami-Dade has scientists worried about a new species spreading across South Florida.
Posted - Friday, September 25, 2009 12:52 PM EDT
- Satellite tracker is the key to injured turtle's rescue
Wham's doing fine, rehabbing at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon. However, she's now minus a flipper due to a shark attack.
The turtle-watching world was watching and wondering when Wham started wandering about two weeks ago.
Posted - Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:53 AM EDT
- Florida critters appear at home on Jersey Shore this summer
A delicately feathered roseate spoonbill, a whopping 461/2-pound barracuda, a Florida manatee, and a host of other exotic visitors vacationed on the Jersey Shore this summer.
Posted - Friday, September 04, 2009 11:07 AM EDT
- Slow down -- way down -- and enjoy the Keys 'turtlecam'
These are among the turtles that hatched at Fort Zachary Taylor. The little guys made it from the nest to the ocean in just 10 minutes.
Environmental enthusiasts should be able to observe infant loggerhead sea turtles hatching and emerging from their nest, via a live streaming "turtlecam” installed on a private beach on Big Pine Key.
Posted - Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
