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Keys Restoration Fund
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Pieces of the Real Florida Keys: Twenty-Five Years of Habitat Restoration, 1981-2006
The Florida Keys are a unique chain of islands which extend in a 220-mile arc from the tip of the Florida peninsula south and west through the Dry Tortugas. The plant and animal communities of the Keys and the south tip of Florida are unique within the United States, having more in common with Caribbean islands than with the rest of the country. The rareness of these plant and animal assemblages is reflected in the number of areas set aside for conservation: the Keys contain 2 National Parks, 3 National Wildlife Refuges, 10 State Parks or Historic sites (more than any other county in Florida), and all are nestled within the protected waters of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Yet this same natural beauty draws people to the Keys, increasing development pressures on fragile habitats. In the struggle to find a balance between development pressures and the needs of natural communities, Audubon’s Keys Environmental Restoration Fund (KERF) seeks to make a difference. KERF has been restoring Keys’ habitats since 1981, and in 2006 released a summary of the fifty projects undertaken to date titled Pieces of the Real Florida Keys: Twenty-Five Years of Habitat Restoration.
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Introduction and Text
Table of Contents
Lower Keys Index Maps and Projects: Pages 9-15
Lower Keys Projects: Pages 16-29
Lower Keys Projects: Pages 30-41
Lower Keys Projects: Pages 42-57
Lower Keys Projects: Pages 58-67
Lower Keys Projects: Pages 68-75
Lower Keys Projects: Pages 76-93
Lower and all Middle Keys Projects: Pages 94-112
Upper Keys Index Map and Projects: Pages 113-123
Upper Keys Projects: Pages 124-141
Upper Keys Projects: Pages 142-157
Upper Keys and Keys-Wide Projects: Pages 158-167
Keys-Wide Projects: Pages 168-184
Summary Tables
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