Florida Working to Protect Endangered Reef
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine.   It's not sunken treasure or a Spanish galleon but rather nature's bounty: rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is under scrutiny for neglecting to protect endangered panther habitat.
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By Wallace, G K  We must get to the root of eco-problems.  It took threatening to sue, but the Center for Biological Diversity finally prodded the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to add elkhorn and staghorn corals to the federal list of threatened species in June.
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Talk about swimming with the fishes. A Florida-based company offers to enshrine your late loved ones by submerging their remains in a manmade ocean reef
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HOUSTON - Marine researchers are hoping to prevent tides of destructive algae from killing fish and fouling beaches through early detection of the microscopic organisms.
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The fury of four hurricanes in Florida may have spared the state's endangered manatee population from further decline.
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Efforts to protect manatees in the coastal waters of Belize stand to benefit the global conservation of the huge, sluggish marine mammals, a scientist says.
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By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 6--With the Everglades restoration running behind schedule, the region's water management agency has proposed water-supply restrictions that would raise bills and make future development more expensive.
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By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - A federal coastal-restoration task force is combing the books for money to get more projects built.
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By Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Mar. 3--An ongoing legal dispute between the Marine Mammal Conservancy and the owner of its Key Largo site could get dirty.
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Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes.
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DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Dec. 14, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- In a move to accelerate Red Reef Labs' ability to offer a sophisticated testing facility in South Florida, Certified Environmental Services, Inc.
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When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.
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Some coral reefs could be protected from the impacts of climate change by an "ocean thermostat", a study says.
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Today's session, sponsored by the state Department of Environmental Management, is part of an effort to protect the Scituate Reservoir system.
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By Kathy Marks  The Great Barrier Reef, already under threat from global warming, is also being affected by pollutants and pesticides from the land carried into the sea by flooded rivers, satellite images show.
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By Susan Cocking, The Miami Herald  Dec. 10--Lobster, Goliath grouper and sea trout dominated Thursday's meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in Key Largo.