MECHANICSVILLE, Va.—This is the second in a series of color-corrected, but lightly edited, videos I took while on my first (but not last) diving trip to Looe Key Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from August 15-19, 2014. This dive was the second of two afternoon dives.
Looe Key Reef, Mooring 11 (Aug. 16, 2014...
MECHANICSVILLE, Va.—This is the first in a series of color-corrected, but lightly edited, videos I took while on my first (but not last) diving trip to Looe Key Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary from August 15-19, 2014. This dive was the first of two afternoon dives.
NOAA recommends protection for Nassau gr...
MECHANICSVILLE, Va.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed listing the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal, published in the Federal Register on Sept. 2., 2014, was developed in response to an Aug. 31, 2010, petition by WildEarth Guardians to list the Nasau grouper, Goliath grouper […]
Memories of Florida
MECHANICSVILLE, Va.—My earliest memories of Florida are vague. I grew up in Louisiana, not terribly far from Florida on a global scale, but my home town of Shreveport in northwest Louisiana might as well been in a different universe from the Gulf Coast given the condition of the roads between the northern and southern parts […]