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	<title>Keys Treasures Blog &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Commercial Lobster Diver Booked for Building Illegal Casita</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2011/11/20/commercial-lobster-diver-booked-for-building-illegal-casita/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Fishing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A commercial lobster diver faces an arraignment hearing in local court Friday on a count of possessing artificial-reef materials on the water. Manuel Ravelo Jr., 35, of Key West was booked into the Monroe County jail Dec. 24 and released after posting $1,000 bond on the misdemeanor count. Ironically, Ravelo was named in 2005 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invasive Lionfish Found at Key Largo&#8217;s Harry Harris Beach</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2010/04/10/invasive-lionfish-found-at-key-largos-harry-harris-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exotic Species]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exotics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lionfish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KEVIN WADLOW kwadlow@keynoter.com Saturday, April 10, 2010 06:00 AM EDT Alecia Adamson and Lad Akins capture a small lionfish from inside a protected swim area at Harry Harris Park on Thursday. Sightings of the nonnative lionfish are becoming more common in Keys waters. A lionfish capture Thursday took only minutes, but it ranks as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FWC Proposes More Protection for Bonefish</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2010/02/18/fwc-proposes-more-protection-for-bonefish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bonefish]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Florida Keys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission FWC proposed draft rule amendments Thursday to provide more protection for bonefish, a premier saltwater game fish in Florida.&#8221;Bonefish are a tremendous Florida resource,&#8221; said FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto.  &#8220;These proposed rules will strengthen our management approach to protect and preserve bonefish so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Largo Pennekamp Lecture Series Begins Jan. 13, 2010</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2010/01/03/key-largo-pennekamp-lecture-series-begins-jan-13-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Key Largo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennekamp]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The annual &#8220;Delicate Balance of Nature&#8221; free weekly lecture series will begin its 19th season at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Visitor Center inside John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Mile Marker 102.5 ocean side.&#8221;The topics range from pythons and native Keys snakes, to birds of the Keys, from ethnobotany to the Overseas Heritage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sea Camp Kids Learn Nature&#8217;s Lessons</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2009/12/23/sea-camp-kids-learn-natures-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Pine Key]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stanley Switlik Elementary School fifth graders recently spent the day at Sea Camp on Big Pine Key learning about nature and man&#38;apos;s impact on the environment. Students dug through algae to find brittle stars, worms, sea cucumbers, crabs and even shrimp. Staff assisted as students practiced snorkeling in the swim area before going out on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Keys Wild Bird Center Back on Track</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tavernier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FKWBC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By STEVE GIBBS Free Press Staff KEY LARGO &#8212; A resurgent Florida Keys Wild Bird Center has hired a hospital coordinator to care for injured and sick birds and found a new location for its medical facility. &#8220;It&#8217;s clear sailing from here,&#8221; said Bob Gintel, the new chairman of the center&#8217;s board of directors. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dry Tortugas Video</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2009/11/26/dry-tortugas-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tortugas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dry Tortugas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This 13-minute video &#8212; which can take a while to load, so be patient &#8212; is the work of the South Florida National Parks Trust, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It explains the background that led to creation of the natural area, which is hoped to allow fish populations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti Sanctuary Dissertation (so to speak) by Jackie Ripley</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2009/08/01/anti-sanctuary-dissertation-so-to-speak-by-jackie-ripley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The need to protect corals from damage by ship groundings was one major reason given by the government and environmental groups for the 1990 establishment of the FKNMS. The other was to protect reefs zones from oil drilling. Yet the majority of us Keys locals did not believe that a marine sanctuary was needed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Heroes Award Winner&#8230;John Halas</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2009/06/08/ocean-heroes-award-winnerjohn-halas/</link>
		<comments>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2009/06/08/ocean-heroes-award-winnerjohn-halas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The contest, launched in early May of this year, was created to honor ocean advocates who have made a difference for the oceans on a local or international level. Out of eight finalists, this year’s winner is John Halas, a marine biologist and manager of the Upper Region of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayward Key Largo Sponges</title>
		<link>http://floridakeystreasures.com/keysblog/2009/05/04/wayward-key-largo-sponges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keys</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have invented a better fixer-upper for damaged coral reefs. The method could aid local restoration efforts to rehabilitate these ecosystems in the aftermath of hurricanes or harmful human activities. Often, after such events, large sponges are littered on the ground and die because they cannot grow back onto the reef. So far, various cements [...]]]></description>
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