Biscayne National Park

The Politics Of Protecting The Florida Reef

This endangered marine environment built around the Florida Tract Reef continues to suffer amid partisan gridlock and differing views on the best way to protect it.

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By Kurt Repanshek and Kim O'Connell - June 4th, 2026

New Method Predicts Coral Bleaching Five To Six Months In Advance

A new method is helping reef managers predict coral bleaching five to six months in advance, giving them time to put protections in place, according to a recent study.

Climate modes can be leveraged to forecast coral bleaching months in advance

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By NPT Staff - June 3rd, 2026

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

Manatees: A Threatened Species At A Crossroads

While the Endangered Species Act has helped Florida manatees avoid extinction, the species has yet to fully recover and faces many challenges on the road to that recovery.

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By Jan Wesner Childs - April 5th, 2026

Three Florida Reef Corals "Functionally Extinct" Due To Marine Heat Waves

Staghorn and elkhorn corals are just the latest additions to a list humans are responsible for: extinct in the wild.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 31st, 2026

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #98

It’s now March and time for the monthly Traveler quiz and trivia piece. All the information in this month’s piece was gathered from various Traveler articles.

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By Rebecca Latson - March 14th, 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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