‘Mission: Iconic Reefs’ fast-tracks bold actions to revitalize seven reefs
In collaboration with state and local partners, NOAA today announced a bold strategy to restore and preserve seven coral reef sites in the Florida Keys, part of an unprecedented, decades-long effort to revitalize the region’s highly diverse and economically valuable marine ecosystem.
![A thicket of elkhorn coral, most of it dead, at Looe Key Reef, shows the need for this restoration effort. (Image credit: Ken Nedimyer) A thicket of elkhorn coral, most of it dead, at Looe Key Reef, shows the need for this restoration effort.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Dec/PHOTO%20-%20Mostly%20dead%20palmata%20Thicket%20at%20Looe%20-%20120519%20-%20Ken%20Nedimyer%20-%203360x1602%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=v79eEqyV)
A thicket of elkhorn coral, most of it dead, at Looe Key Reef, shows the need for this restoration effort. (Image credit: Ken Nedimyer)