The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission awarded the contract to Sea and Shoreline to help with the massive project. Crews have been working on the seagrass installation for the last two months.
Water quality and man-made issues are a couple of reason why the St. Andrew Bay is experiencing historic Cuban shoal grass losses.
Read MoreWhile seagrass might not look like much, the impact it has on life underwater dives deep.
“It provides habitat for young fish. Even just planting out here, we have schools of pinfish following us. And it’s a food source. We’ve seen a lot of animals eating the grass from snails, of course, the pinfish will pick on it, blue crabs,” Sea & Shoreline biologist Katie Kramer said.
Read MoreFlorida’s foremost aquatic restoration company propels forward with established sea life survival methods, crisscrossing the sunshine state with two new seagrass rehabilitation projects.
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Read MoreMONROE 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 MoreIt appears that Polk County escaped any vetoes of funding items in Florida’s $101.5 billion budget.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office released a list of line-item vetoes Wednesday as he announced his signing of the appropriations bill in New Smyrna Beach. DeSantis trimmed about $1.5 billion from the budget submitted by the Florida Legislature.
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