Miami Waterkeeper

Miami Waterkeeper Giving south Florida's water, environment, and community a champion, an advocate, and a voice.

We protect the water you love by advocating for resilient solutions grounded in science, rooted in nature, and driven by community, safeguarding our precious waterways, and finding local resilient solutions to global problems.

Join us for an unforgettable day on Biscayne Bay where science meets adventure with VoLo Foundation! This hands-on float...
08/31/2026

Join us for an unforgettable day on Biscayne Bay where science meets adventure with VoLo Foundation! This hands-on floating classroom experience combines environmental education and conservation action as we explore Miami’s coastal ecosystem from the water.

🌊🔗 Tap the link to RSVP: https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/volunteer/ #/join-party?k=5d3ozspw00w6oy

08/27/2026

Speak up for your environmentally endangered lands at the link in bio.

The Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program protects some of Miami-Dade County’s last remaining natural areas—places that provide wildlife habitat, support our drinking water, and make our communities more resilient to flooding and storms.

Today, the program protects more than 89 preserves across 29,000+ acres, but EEL funding has declined dramatically (37%-54%) in just the last two years. When funding falls short, Miami-Dade loses opportunities to protect these lands. Property prices rise, development continues, and once these natural areas are gone, we can’t get them back.

A coalition including Miami Waterkeeper, Ana Lima, Friends of the Everglades, Center for Biological Diversity, and a dozen other organizations is asking the Board of County Commissioners to restore EEL funding to $20 million for FY 2026-27.

08/26/2026

Comment “budget” to take action.

Every year, hundreds of Miami-Dade residents show up to County budget hearings to speak up for the issues that matter to them, but the process itself keeps too many people out. Unpredictable wait times, hours of standing, no advance notice of when you’ll be called, and no real option to participate if you can’t physically get to Government Center.

Miami Waterkeeper, alongside Debris Free Oceans, CLEAN MIAMI BEACH, Catalyst Miami: Advocacy, Services & Events, Miami Homes For All, EngagMiami Homes For AlldoEngage MiaminaMiami Freedom Projectl Ana Limations, sent a letter to the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners asking for eight practical, low-cost changes ahead of this year’s budget hearings on September 3rd and September 17th.

08/19/2026

ANCHOR members play a key role in supporting our efforts to protect the water you love. Join the ANCHOR giving community during the month of August and we’ll send you a free Miami Waterkeeper hat 🧢🌊

Join the ANCHOR giving community today: https://miamiwaterkeeper.org/anchor-program/

You’re invited to State of the Water 2026: The Last Staghorn — a night celebrating South Florida’s reef defenders, scien...
08/14/2026

You’re invited to State of the Water 2026: The Last Staghorn — a night celebrating South Florida’s reef defenders, scientists, and advocates.

Join us on October 15 at the Rusty Pelican on Key Biscayne for good company, cold drinks, and honest conversation about what comes next for our reefs.

This year, we have something worth celebrating. The Army Corps of Engineers has withdrawn its Port Everglades dredging permit application. The staghorn is still here — and we have you to thank for that.

Get your tickets today: https://miamiwaterkeeper.org/sow2026/

08/13/2026

Within days of filing our lawsuit against the Army Corps and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for violating the Endangered Species Act, the Corps agreed to halt all dredging activity for the Port Everglades Sand Bypass Project until they do a new environmental consultation.

We’ve been warning for months that the last consultations were outdated and incomplete, making them insufficient to protect the listed species in the area of the dredging, including some of the nearby last wild populations of staghorn coral, which were recently declared functionally extinct in Florida.

The dredging project in question is smaller than the port expansion project that the Corps paused in April — this one involves digging a 10.8-acre sand pit for beach renourishment purposes — but it’s still having a big impact.

The agencies finally acknowledged that recent underwater surveys revealed the sand bypass project may have exceeded limits for “incidental take” – meaning harms or deaths – of threatened staghorn coral. Dredging will not resume before environmental consultation concludes.

Your voices are being heard. It’s working. Continue applying pressure on the agencies in charge by taking action at the link in our bio.

Thank you to our partners organizations: Earthjustice Center for Biological Diversity Florida Wildlife Federation DEMA. Thank you to our donors. Thank you to every member of the public who took action and spoke up for our reefs and queen conch. Let’s keep the pressure on.

It’s official: we’re suing.The agencies in charge of the Sand Bypass project at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale are v...
08/07/2026

It’s official: we’re suing.

The agencies in charge of the Sand Bypass project at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale are violating the Endangered Species Act.

This lawsuit has been filed by Miami Waterkeeper, Florida Wildlife Federation, and DEMA.org. The groups are represented by Earthjustice and co-plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity.

We would like to extend our gratitude to donors from the Miami Waterkeeper PartnerSHIP and A.N.C.H.O.R. giving communities. Unrestricted funding through these two giving communities play a key role in helping us take on critical legal battles to protect the water you love.

Join our giving communities at the link in bio.

Full press release available at the link in bio.

$0 in state funding for the coral restoration initiative this year. We are disappointed that legislators in Tallahassee...
07/09/2026

$0 in state funding for the coral restoration initiative this year.

We are disappointed that legislators in Tallahassee failed to deliver on their commitment to the long-term restoration of 25% of Florida’s Coral Reef.

In 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an initiative to reach the capacity to restore 25% of the reef by 2050. For the first few years, practitioners received $9 million a year to ramp up efforts. This year the investment was supposed to jump to $25 million. Instead, the Governor didn’t include this funding in his budget request, and the legislature didn’t fund it, leaving this restoration initiative unfunded this year.

Across the state, scientists and restoration teams are working to grow and replant corals, restore reef systems, and protect what remains of a critical ecosystem. But these efforts depend on one critical factor: long-term, consistent funding. Now, projects launched under this program face a dire funding gap.

Florida’s reef is almost gone. Two key species were declared functionally extinct this year. Immediate, large-scale funding is needed.

We appreciate the efforts of the South Florida delegation and we hope the whole state will support this key initiative next year.

Contact your elected officials and urge them to fully fund the FCR3 program in future budgets.

We can’t afford not to.

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