by Ann Olsen | Sep 20, 2022 | Environmental Awareness, Marine Life, Water Quality
The undersigned environmental and community organizations are writing on behalf of our thousands of members and supporters in the Florida Keys and throughout the state. We are concerned about the City of Marathon’s application to permit expansion and continuation of shallow well sewage disposal at a wastewater treatment facility in Marathon.
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...
by Chris Hamilton | Aug 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
The board of directors of Last Stand has unanimously endorsed a YES vote on the Key West Botanical Garden referendum question on the August 23, 2022 primary election ballot. It proposes to provide the Key West Botanical Garden Society a lease for up to 99-years for...
by Mark Songer | Aug 9, 2022 | Environmental Awareness, Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission "FWCC", Marine Life, Water Quality
January 27, 2020 Sarah Fangman, Superintendent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 33 East Quay Road Key West, FL 33040 Dear Superintendent Fangman, I am writing on behalf of Last Stand, a volunteer-led organization of over 200 members in the Florida Keys. From Key...
by Joyce Newman | Aug 9, 2022 | Big Pine Key/Key Deer, Environmental Awareness, Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission "FWCC"
June 21, 2022 Sent by email Barbara Conmy, Section Leader, Environmental Resource Bureau, Regulation Division South Florida Water Management District bconmy@sfwmd.gov 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406 RE: Big Pine Key Hydrology Project; Permit Application...
by Chris Hamilton | Jun 16, 2022 | Environmental Awareness
June 16, 2022 — For Immediate Release Media contact: Mark Songer (305) 394-3807 info@keyslaststand.org The board of directors of Last Stand has unanimously endorsed a YES vote on the Key West Botanical Garden referendum question on the August 23, 2022, election...
