On October 25, Noah Singer, Marine Debris and Outreach Specialist, of the Florida Keys Aquatic Preserve (FKAP) team participated in a beach cleanup organized by CoastLove, a non-profit conservation organization in South Florida. He was one of 40 attendees who collected over 800 lbs. of trash in just under 3 hours. Over half the volunteers were youth from the local community!

DEP Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and Florida Keys Aquatic Preserve (FKAP) teams completed semi-annual seagrass and hardbottom benthic surveys and Disturbance Response Monitoring (DRM) one month early! Both teams were prepared on all field days to make monitoring and sampling go smoothly. Everyone did a great job working hard this field season.