Feeling the squeeze: Florida Sea Grant provides multiple tools to help coastal communities balance competing demands for water access

Accessing Florida's Coast, Boating, Climate Change, Coastal Planning

If coastal communities are to remain sustainable, residents, visitors, policy makers, and regulators need new methods and information sources to harmonize the growing demand for access to their beaches and waterways. Researchers and extension specialists at Florida Sea Grant are making that challenge a priority.

Free iPhone App aims to change boater behavior and protect Indian River Lagoon

Coastal Planning, Florida Sea Grant, General, Hazard-Resilience, Healthy Oceans and Coasts

Cruising down the channels and canals of Florida’s expansive Indian River Lagoon, many coastal boaters and fishermen appear unaware their onboard habits may be threatening what lies beneath — the oyster reefs, seagrass beds and sensitive shorelines that provide homes, nurseries and meals for the waterway’s fish and wildlife. That kind of knowledge now fits right in the palm…