by Chris Hamilton | May 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Success! As a result of this letter, the DEO has decided to move forward with Community Workshops, which will be conducted in the Upper, Middle, and Lower Keys. We will provide an update as soon as those dates are published. May 4, 2023 Via Email to: Meredith Ivey,...
by Chris Hamilton | May 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
The following is a letter Keys Last Stand sent to the State of Florida regarding Pier B’s request to expand their cruise port and extend their lease. A description of what’s happening from Key West Progress’ Ray Warren is below our letter. May 18,...
by Chris Hamilton | Mar 31, 2023 | Affordable Housing, Board of Monroe County Commissioners "BOCC", Land Development (ROGOs), Tourism, Water Quality
After most of us experienced a temporary water shut off March 11 and 12 and then a boil-water order, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority (FKAA) Executive Director Greg Veliz explained in an open letter to customers what happened and all but admitted we’ve reached our...
by Chris Hamilton | Nov 7, 2022 | Water Quality
Last Stand joined with 34 other Florida environmental and non-governmental organizations in a letter to the Department of the Interior to oppose the expansion of offshore oil and gas development into new areas of the Gulf of Mexico. The letter stated, further...
by Chris Hamilton | Nov 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
We are sorry to report that one of our former board members, Bill Hunter, passed away recently. Bill lived in the Keys for almost 20 years and moved away not long ago. His time here in the Keys was spent advocating for the Keys community. He served on many boards...
by Chris Hamilton | Nov 7, 2022 | Environmental Awareness, Marine Life, Water Quality
Last month, Last Stand attended three back-to-back in person public comment sessions concerning the new proposed Blueprint for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. On September 20th in Tavernier, September 21st in Marathon and September 22nd in Key West, three...
by Chris Hamilton | Sep 27, 2022 | Environmental Awareness, Water Quality
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has published a proposed management plan and regulations for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The 2022 Restoration Blueprint will guide the management and use of the sanctuary for years to...
by Chris Hamilton | Sep 8, 2022 | Big Pine Key/Key Deer
Keys Last Stand asks you to please consider signing and sharing this petition urging U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to provide appropriate field treatment to remove the garbage that has become afixed to the Florida Endangered Key Deer. Field treatment will...
by Chris Hamilton | Aug 12, 2022 | Big Pine Key/Key Deer, Environmental Awareness, Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission "FWCC", Marine Life, Water Quality
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has published the proposed management plan and regulations for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The 2022 Restoration Blueprint will guide the management and use of the sanctuary for years to...
by Chris Hamilton | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized, Water Quality
The soggy central area of Big Pine Key is slated for improvement actions to reverse damage from salt-laden stormwater surges from three hurricanes: Georges (1998), Wilma (2005), and Irma (2017). The Big Pine Key Aquatic Habitat Hydrologic Restoration (Project), if...
by Chris Hamilton | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
History The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (“Sanctuary”) was created by an Act of Congress in 1990, to protect 2,800 square nautical miles of Florida Keys coastal and ocean waters. This was in response to a decade of threats posed by oil drilling proposals,...
by Chris Hamilton | Aug 9, 2022 | Land Development (ROGOs)
Last Stand has reported several times about the status of the ROGO (building allocations) Challenge begun in 2018 by noted law professor and land use expert Richard Grosso, after then-Governor Rick Scott presented Keys communities with 1300 additional building...
