Echevarria EcoTour with Coral Restoration Foundation

On April 27th and 28th, 2013, we had a great time with the Echevarria Family and Ocean Divers.  The first day we did maintenance work and harvested staghorn coral from the nursery.  On day two we planted the coral on French Reef on a new site.  The guys from ScubaNation were there filming for a future episode.  Great work by the staff of CRF and the Echevarria Family!  The visibility was about 30 feet in the nursery, a little better the next day on the reef.

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First Elkhorn coral planted on Molasses Reef

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On July 13, 2012, the first nursery-cultivated Elkhorn corals were harvested from the Elkhorn Coral Nursery near Snapper Ledge and transplanted on Molasses Reef. This was the first of many elkhorn plantings scheduled by the Coral Restoration Foundation. This is … Continue reading

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Rutgers University Oceanography Club

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I had the opportunity to dive with the Rutgers University Oceanography Club during Spring Break.  We did two dives on the Staghorn Nursery on Wednesday, March 14th.  This was a very good group, dedicated to the task and quite proficient … Continue reading

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Key Largo Dive Center participates in Coral Restoration

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Saturday and Sunday, January 21st and 22nd Key Largo Dive Center conducted Coral Restoration training and dives for CRF. Thanks to Captain Noah and Elena Rodriguez for running the boat. Stephanie Roach was the CRF staff member on board. We … Continue reading

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Download the Free e-Book about Coral Restoration

Coral Restoration is coming to a reef near you

Coral Restoration is coming to a reef near you

Buy Now!Take a tour of the nursery and learn about the important work of the Coral Restoration Foundation.  This is perhaps the most important initiative in the Florida Keys – to literally replant the reef.  Years of degradation due to storms, human interactions, like vessel groundings and over-fishing, have had an impact.  See the Coral Restoration Foundation web site for more details and sign up for a restoration dive program.

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Road Less Traveled plants 30 corals

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Road Less Traveled students were here last week. I was able to dive with them Sunday and Monday.  On Sunday the kids worked with CRF staff to perform maintenance on the Wellwood site.  The maintenance routine consists of gathering broken … Continue reading

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Divers participate in Earth Day restoration work

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On Friday, April 22, EcoKeys and CRF took a boat full of volunteers from several states to the Staghorn nursery and the Wellwood site  to celebrate Earth Day.  The staff and volunteers dove in the nursery first an did some … Continue reading

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Florida Aquarium and CRF partnership project

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The Florida Aquarium and the Coral Restoration Foundation took an important step on Monday, April 18th, 2011.  In a joint effort, staff from the aquarium and CRF staff and volunteers planted 60 corals on Molasses Reef in Key Largo. The … Continue reading

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Coral Shores HS plants 30 more corals

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Friday, April 15th, the marine biology class continued work on their coral planting project on Molasses Reef. Led by David Makepeace, sixteen students, several volunteers and the staff of CRF set sail with the crew of florida Keys Dive center … Continue reading

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Local schools plant 60 corals on Molasses Reef

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On April 6th, 2011 marine biology students from Island Christian School and Coral Shores High School participated in a replanting of 60 staghorn coral pieces on Molasses Reef in Key Largo. Conch Republic Divers provided the boat for the project. … Continue reading

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