Open for comment · closes December 4
Support Middle Keys nearshore artificial reef pilot project
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Nearshore seagrass and hardbottom habitat at three proposed reef sites
- What
- A pilot project would place 558 reef structures at three nearshore sites in the Middle Keys, adding habitat in Florida Keys waters.
- Where
- Nearshore seagrass and hardbottom habitat at three proposed reef sites
- How much
- The notice places the structures in nearshore seagrass and hardbottom habitat, so siting and design decide whether the reef adds habitat or harms what is already there.
- By when
- Comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by December 4, 2026.Date from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System) ↗, read November 14, 2026.
What to ask forAll 4 points →
Support this permit because it is a pilot project, so the effects of placing Habitat Support Structures in shallow nearshore waters can be tested and studied at a limited scale.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Army Corps public notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- By whenDecember 4, 2026, from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System), its comment end date ↗. Read November 14, 2026.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 14, 2026.
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Comment now4 holes in the agency’s own analysis
Make these points, in your own words
- Support this permit because it is a pilot project, so the effects of placing Habitat Support Structures in shallow nearshore waters can be tested and studied at a limited scale.
- Approve the plan to deploy 558 Habitat Support Structures at three nearshore sites in Monroe County, Florida, to create new reef habitat in the Middle Keys.
- Back this project because it is run by Monroe County and FWC/FWRI, public agencies with a stake in the health of Keys marine habitat.
- Require careful siting at all three locations so structures do not harm the existing seagrass and hardbottom habitat, and then approve the permit.
Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
Protective action worth supporting
A pilot project would place 558 reef structures at three nearshore sites in the Middle Keys, adding habitat in Florida Keys waters.
What’s at risk
If we stay silent
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
The applicant is requesting a DA permit to develop a shallow nearshore Artificial Reef pilot project to be known as the Monroe County BOCC and FWC/FWRI Habitat Support Structures (HSS)-Middle Keys Artificial Reef. Specifically, the applicant proposes deploying a total of five hundred fifty-eight (558) Habitat Support Structures (HSS) within 3 nearshore sites, in Monroe County, Florida.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
This fight isn’t bound to a map place in PLAN’s record yet. The notice names Nearshore seagrass and hardbottom habitat at three proposed reef sites; none is a unit on the threatened lands map, so there’s no place page to open or watch.
In court on this ground
This fight isn’t bound to a land unit in PLAN’s record yet, so there are no court cases to show for its ground.
Who holds the vote
PLAN’s record doesn’t tie a member of Congress to this fight yet. The scorecard grades the votes and bills that decide public lands; nothing joins a vote or a bill to this decision, so there’s no member to name here without guessing.
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