A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to demonstrate his commitment to environmental initiatives, rolling out an award for $9.5 million through Florida’s Coral Reef Restoration and Recovery Initiative on Friday.
The money is “to bolster academic and private partnerships to safeguard Florida’s Coral Reef, which extends over 350 nautical miles from the Dry Tortugas to the St. Lucie Inlet. This funding will enhance coral recovery, including propagation and outplanting capacities critical to the health and longevity of Florida’s Coral Reef.”
“Florida’s Coral Reef protects Southeast Florida against approaching storms and attracts visitors year-round. Safeguarding our coral reef is important both environmentally and economically and we will continue to support projects that keep this natural resource healthy,” DeSantis said.
The money is intended to bolster “infrastructure and capacity for coral propagation, technology, skilled workforce and logistics needed to support long-term recovery and restoration of Florida’s Coral Reef,” the Governor’s Office asserts.
“As we tackle environmental challenges, we understand that preparation and planning make all the difference,” said Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Shawn Hamilton. “We are extremely thankful that this administration has prioritized environmental initiatives, because without them, we might be facing a different outcome for Florida’s Coral Reef.”
8 comments
Hmmmmm
March 23, 2024 at 6:59 pm
What happens when the scientist write another report using ‘climate change’???? File it?
Dr. Franklin Waters
March 23, 2024 at 8:33 pm
Even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut.
ScienceBLVR
March 24, 2024 at 3:51 am
….critical to the health and longevity of Florida’s Coral Reef.”
How nice for the Coral.. now all those human Floridians who could benefit from the expansion of Medicaid that our legislators refuse to facilitate, putting thousands at risk for health and longevity,,, eh, not so nice for them.
JD
March 24, 2024 at 9:21 am
But this same guy and his cabinet overwrote citizen’s vote in Key West and allowing the GIANT cruise ships to dock there. They turn up the sediment and that kills the reef.
This is like pushing pills on a type 2 diabetic and not having the stop eating donuts. It’s foolish and is catering to his “pay to play” donors. I call Bullsh!t and demand they do both: do the will of the people and throw some money to fix problem to Florida’s livelihood of eco-tourism.
MH/Duuuval
March 24, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Plus the behemoths create nasty air pollution for days at a time.
The ugly truth
March 25, 2024 at 6:49 pm
It’s not just eco tourism. The coral reefs there are a lynchpin in the ecosphere which also controls and prevents storms from growing and flooding and that affects everyone. Cruise ships also spew thousands of tons of litter and poisonous human waste, destroy whatever they touch, and cause more flooding and economic loss. The impact of low level storms in NE FL since they deep dredged the river and expanded the port for mega ships specifically cruise ships (built differently than supply ships) has exponentially increased flooding, water quality degradation, salt water breach, and failure of existing pump systems. It’s all documented cold hard data (even from
the army corps of engineers who warned of unforeseen consequences ) but nobody wants to hear it. Curry’s lasting legacy continues. If D signed off on this, be forewarned it’s a poison pill and back door to more exploitation, damage and devastation for Fl.
Tracy Healy
March 24, 2024 at 1:12 pm
I highly recommend installing moorings in the Dry Tortugas instead of anchoring in the harbors there. It will avoid damage to the coral there and make it safer for boaters and there can be a fee.
Dont Say FLA
March 25, 2024 at 10:57 am
Round up the poor humans and lock them away in Rhonda’s re-education and concentration skills development camps, but save the Coral Reefs?
There’s nothing wrong with saving coral reefs and I’m glad Rhonda wants to do that (assuming this isn’t total BS and is actually permission for sending evermore boatloads of snorkeling tourists to ruin more coral reefs)
But why more interest in Coral reefs than people damaged by the Trump Depression, Florida’s lagging recovery, and the highest remaining post-Covid inflation rate of all USA states when all 49 other states got rates of inflation under wraps and the US economy leads the world in post-Covid recovery despite Florida’s apparent attempts to undermine the national numbers? (or gross incompetence, assuming the FLgOPs aren’t suppressing recovery intentionally, trying to make Biden look bad like Trump is trying by keep the land border with Mexico open)
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