Florida Reef Project

Florida's Vital Coral Nursery Industry

A coral nursery industry has risen across Florida in a daunting effort to prevent extinction of the 350-mile Florida Reef Tract, a prospect that has wide-ranging economic and public safety ramifications.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 25th, 2026

Musings From The Florida Reef Tract

BISCAYNE NATIONAL Park, Florida — The view of a sampling of the Florida Reef Tract through my face mask was disturbing: No forests of staghorn or elkhorn corals, no schools of fish darting about, no black spiny urchins, no colorful riots of sponges.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 4th, 2026

Working To Restore Biscayne Bay

Decades of pollution compounded by aging infrastructure and climate change have greatly degraded Biscayne Bay, the focal point of Biscayne National Park.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - April 26th, 2026

A Rocky Mountain Refuge For Florida Reef Corals

High in Colorado and elsewhere across the country healthy coral samples from the Florida Reef are being held and grown to preserve examples of corals from the stricken reef and to serve as broodstock.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 5th, 2026

Florida's Reef, Highly Valued And Harshly Impacted

Though prized for the more than $6 billion it generates annually through tourism, the Florida Reef is ailing, impacted by pollution, commercial fishing, and climate change.

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By Lori Sonken - February 25th, 2026

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Florida Reef Project

Florida's Vital Coral Nursery Industry

Musings From The Florida Reef Tract

Working To Restore Biscayne Bay

A Rocky Mountain Refuge For Florida Reef Corals

Florida's Reef, Highly Valued And Harshly Impacted

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