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Bay Day 2018 Crest Sponsor: Biscayne Bank!
October 4, 2018
Thank you to our crest sponsor- Biscayne Bank! Miami Waterkeeper would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Biscayne Bank for being our crest sponsors for our upcoming event, Bay Day. Biscayne Bank is located in Miami with offices in Coconut Grove, Doral, South Miami, and Bayshore. They have a very big commitment to
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Bay Day 2018
September 20, 2018
Celebrate Biscayne Bay with us! Saturday, October 20th from 10 – 4. Bay Day to benefit Miami Waterkeeper, presented nationally by Toyota, is a Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH series event Miami Waterkeeper is hosting our fourth annual “Bay Day” at Shake-a-Leg’s waterfront marina in Coconut Grove as its signature event for 2018. Fun for the whole family, we
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Port Everglades BioBlitz
September 20, 2018
Port of Miami was dredged starting in 2013 to create a deeper and wider port for updated shipping vessels. The sediment associated with this dredging impacted the health of nearly 250 acres of the Florida Reef Tract. Soon thereafter, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began plans to dredge at Port Everglades – located
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FPL’s Turkey Point Plant has Problems, and now FPL wants it to run even longer
August 24, 2018
FPL’s Turkey Point nuclear plant is contaminating Biscayne National Park, the Biscayne Aquifer (our primary source of drinking water) and filling nearby wetlands with salt. Despite the myriad of environmental and safety problems with the plant, and while currently engaged in corrective action that may or may not work, Florida Power and Light (FPL) is
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Community Solutions Program and Miami Waterkeeper, Unite!
August 21, 2018
Melva joined Miami Waterkeeper on August 6, 2018. As a Biologist for the Regional Directorate of Health Amazonas – Peru, Melva has experience monitoring water quality to prevent risks to public health and educating the community and key stakeholders on water disinfection methods in her country, Peru. Join Miami Waterkeeper in welcoming Melva Rosa Gil
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Victory Alert: PortMiami Legal Settlement
August 6, 2018
Lawsuit over Dredging Achieves Restoration of 10,000 threatened corals Celebrate our legal victory with us! It’s been a long four years of battling the Army Corps of Engineers over the damage they caused to our reefs during the dredging of the Port of Miami, but
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Section 404 of the Clean Water Act: What is it and Why Do We Care?
July 31, 2018
The state of Florida made a recent grab for federal Clean Water Act authority through a pair of bills, one in the Senate and one in the House. These two bills seek to transfer authority over section 404 of the Clean Water Act from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over to the State of
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Letter to FDEP re: Cross site Impact Report examining impacts from PortMiami dredging
July 30, 2018
On July 31, 2018, Miami Waterkeeper provided comments regarding significant data issues identified in the November 2017 Dial Cordy and Associates (DCA) report entitled, “Miami Harbor Phase III Federal Channel Expansion Project Permit No. 0305721-001-BI Impact Assessment for Hardbottom Middle and Outer Reef Benthic Communities at Cross Sites” (hereafter “Report”). Read the full letter HERE. Donate
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Environmentally-Friendly Gardening Tips!
July 18, 2018
Environmentally-Friendly Gardening Tips Do you use fertilizer on your lawn or landscape? Do you know if you’ve been applying fertilizer correctly? When over-applied or applied incorrectly, fertilizer can be very harmful for the environment. Over-fertilizing plants in a lawn or landscape can lead to pest problems, excessive growth, and the pollution of waterways and groundwater.
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Working on Water Quality
May 15, 2018
Your Waterkeeper, Dr. Rachel Silverstein, sampling water quality in Biscayne Bay. As Miami Waterkeeper continues to collaborate with other local groups in combating the ongoing threat of marine debris, we also continue our work on an equally serious but less visually perceivable marine issue: water quality. Water quality problems have persisted in the region but go
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MWK Spotlight: Jessica Perkins
May 14, 2018
It is no secret that outreach and education are the cornerstones of what we do at Miami Waterkeeper. Our jurisdiction lies in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, but we hope to see the positive impact of our work expand way beyond our local waterways. Jessica Perkins, known as Miss Perkins to her students, is an art educator
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MWK Spotlight: David Bouck
May 6, 2018
David Bouck presenting his Master’s thesis entitled “Determining Trends in Water Quality Using High Resolution Land Use Data” Biscayne Bay and its surrounding waterways are widely known as ecologically important areas. Coral reefs, seagrasses and mangroves protect nearly everything from juvenile fish to us as inhabitants of this large urban region. As part of
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