Comments closed August 6
Support Broward County coral reef renewal off Florida
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Artificial reef sites A1, A2, B, C1, C2, C3, E1, and E2, FL
- What
- Eight established reef sites off Florida need a 10-year permit renewal to keep building marine habitat and restoring coral.
- Where
- Artificial reef sites A1, A2, B, C1, C2, C3, E1, and E2, FL
- How much
- Coral nursery work and marine habitat creation at eight reef sites off Broward County could halt without this renewal.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 6, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System) ↗, read July 19, 2026.
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.
- DecidedAugust 6, 2026, from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System), its comment end date ↗. Read July 19, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
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Protective action worth supporting
Eight established reef sites off Florida need a 10-year permit renewal to keep building marine habitat and restoring coral.
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 authorization for an additional 10 years for the continued deposition of suitable artificial reef material at the eight (8) previously authorized artificial reef sites identified as A1, A2, B, C1, C2, C3, E1 and E2. The depth of clearance ranges from 6 to 40 feet. The artificial reefs deployed range in size from small (500 lbs, 6' wide by 4' tall) concrete modules to large (multi-ton, +400' length by 50' wide by 60' tall) steel or ferrous and aluminum alloy metal hulled vessel-reefs.
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in Florida
Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Florida, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Everglades Foundation
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Everglades National Park, Florida: The science and restoration muscle behind Everglades protection.
- Florida National Parks Association
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Everglades National Park, Florida: A nonprofit partner of Everglades National Park.
- Friends of the Everglades
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Everglades National Park, Florida: Founded by Marjory Stoneman Douglas to defend the River of Grass.
- The Alliance for Florida's National Parks
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Everglades National Park, Florida: A nonprofit partner of Everglades National Park.
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