Residents of the Florida Keys still don’t know what the Deepwater Horizon disaster will bring to their shores, but they are doing all they can to protect an already fragile environment that includes three national parks and four national wildlife refuges.
Government agencies and environmental groups are monitoring seagrass, coral reefs and mangroves, and keeping track [...]

MEDIA ADVISORY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2010    CONTACT: PUBLIC INFORMATION (ESF 14): (850) 921-0217 
TALLAHASSEE - The State Emergency Response Team, in support of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as the lead response agency for the state of Florida, is actively monitoring the Deepwater Horizon response.
The following is a summary of state and BP response [...]

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The Obama administration will consider federal protection for 82 coral species threatened by pollution, warming water temperatures and rising ocean acidity.
Environmentalists have predicted the corals — found near Florida, Hawaii and U.S. territories — could be wiped out by midcentury if the government does not take steps to protect them under government regulations.
The U.S. government [...]