{"id":3864,"date":"2017-02-20T11:17:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T16:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2020-03-02T21:29:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:29:44","slug":"port-everglades-dredging-public-meeting-feb-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wetrocksdiving.com\/?p=3864","title":{"rendered":"Port Everglades Dredging Public Meeting Feb 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/a>Port Everglades Expansion Dredging — Public Meeting
\n22 Feb 2017: 2 & 6 pm<\/strong>, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
\nBroward County Convention Center: 1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
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\nSign the Petition<\/a><\/p>\n

What is Port Everglades<\/strong><\/p>\n

Port Everglades is a major harbor on Florida’s Atlantic coast. Located at Ft. Lauderdale, just north of Miami, it is a major embarkation point for cruise ships, and sits adjacent to Florida’s barrier coral reef tract as well as world-class wreck diving.<\/p>\n

The Issue<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to access Port Everglades, there is a channel that crosses the Florida Reef Tract. Now that larger ships are coming, due to the widening of the Panama Canal, \u00a0Port Everglades Channel is scheduled for expansion dredging. Port of Miami has already undergone this dredging and the resultant sedimentation was way worse<\/strong> than predicted by the Army Corps of Engineers, burying corals and impacting several endangered species<\/strong>. The Port Everglades expansion project plans to use these same (flawed) methods. Speak out to stand up for our reefs!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0What You Can Do<\/strong><\/p>\n