The five counties along Florida’s Coral Reef have become Coral Reef Ambassadors and developed a regional program to help residents, tourists, boaters, fishers and divers understand how they can help conserve and protect our local reefs. By following the Coral Reef Ambassador’s simple guidelines, you can help defend the reefs too!

SEACAR's focus is using current knowledge of coastal processes and scientific data to better understand the statuses and trends of Florida’s coastal aquatic resources.

Understanding the impact of anthropogenically altering freshwater flow to estuaries is a growing information need for coastal managers. Due to differences in watershed development, drainage canals and water control structures, the Ten Thousand Islands area of southwest Florida provides an ecosystem-scale opportunity to investigate the influence of both more, and less, freshwater flow to coastal bays compared to locations with more natural hydrology.