Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Image credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mitchell and Nancy Steir, 1898, CC0
Protected since
1990
Size · acres
3,800,000
State
Florida
Nearest town
Key West, FL
The wildlife this land supports
Not Just Made for You and Me
Coral Reef
Sea Turtle
Dolphins
Sharks
Drawn here for generations
Art Inspired by this Land
Florida
Key West, FL
The Keys are a submerged world of coral cities, shifting light, and marine life moving through one of the most complex reef systems on Earth.
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Conditions on the ground
under threat
Why this land is at risk
Habitat Restoration Funding Risk; Monitoring Risk
Coral reef conservation depends on monitoring and restoration funding.
Coral bleaching, warming oceans, and reef degradation are major ecosystem threats.
More info: https://floridakeys.noaa.gov
Take action
Public lands belong to all of us — and they stay protected only when people pay attention. Plan a visit, share this place, and add your voice to the people working to keep it wild.