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Biscayne Bay is a lagoon with characteristics of an estuary located on the Atlantic coast of South Florida.The northern end of the lagoon is surrounded by the densely developed heart of the Miami metropolitan area while the southern end is largely undeveloped with a large portion of the lagoon included in Biscayne National Park.
The idea of the $369 million Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands project is to use stormwater pumps, narrow canals and holes cut under roads to slow down the flow of water from major canals into ...
The densest and most spectacular reefs, along with the highest water clarity, are found to the seaward of Key Largo (in and beyond John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park) and Elliott Key (the northernmost 'true' Florida Key) where the two long keys help protect the reefs from the effects of water exchange with Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay, Card ...
In April 2024, Bird Key's owner, Finlay Matheson, put the island on the market for $31.5 million, worrying environmentalists due to the fact that Bird Key is zoned residential by Miami-Dade County and could, potentially, be developed with local governmental approval. [4]
View of Miami skyline including the Bird Key, a private island on Biscayne Bay that is now for sale as environmentalists are upset, because developers could build on the island, displacing all the ...
Police and the lawsuit claim the boat operator was drunk and speeding.
The causeway has one toll plaza (administered by the Miami-Dade County Public Works department [4]) on Biscayne Island, the westernmost Venetian Island. The toll for an automobile is US$3.00. [5] The causeway has two bascule bridges. At the Downtown/Western Beginning of the causeway travelers are greeted by two columns vertically saying ...
Unlike some spots in the state, the oysters found in Biscayne Bay aren’t good for eating — they’re typically too scarce, too small and too tainted with pollution to be safe.