MONROE COUNTY, FL – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Fiscal Year 2022 State budget that includes record Florida Keys Stewardship Act funding benefiting Monroe County. The County received the full appropriation of $20 million in Stewardship Act funding and $5 million for land acquisition.
Read MoreDespite their portly frame and inherent meekness, Florida's manatees are survivors.
When power plants began popping up along Florida's East and West coasts, manatees learned to follow the flow of the unseasonably warm water.
When boats with sharp motors increasingly flooded their habitats, they learned how to live with debilitating injuries, or tried to.
Read MoreMonroe County Legislative Affairs Director Lisa Tennyson presented the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) a legislative session wrap-up discussion with the County's lobbying team. The Florida State legislative session concluded Friday, April 30, 2021, as scheduled.
Read MoreA car wreck and COVID-19 couldn't break their stride.
Read MoreAccess to safe, reliable drinking water is a vital component of current and future planning and development for both the private and public sectors. Following a 15-year collaboration between local governments, public water utilities including the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD), private entities, regional agencies, and the State of Florida, the first phase of the C-51 Reservoir recently broke ground – a project that will provide an alternate water supply source for eight public water utilities in South Florida.
Read MoreUNINCORPORATED MONROE COUNTY, FL – Due to Monroe County’s efforts over the past five years in the voluntary Community Rating System (CRS), most of the nearly 14,400 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders in unincorporated Monroe County are expected to receive new automatic CRS premium discounts of 35 percent beginning April 1, 2022. This is an increase from the current 25 percent discount. Originally thought to be classified as a Class 4, the County will be designated as a Class 3. The CRS rewards communities that take actions exceeding the minimum NFIP requirements to protect people and property from flooding.
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