Up to 15,000 "prop scars" crosscross Little Cockroach Bay as boasters speed trough shallow waters to some of the region's best fishing grounds. The 2007 proposal ultimately failed but other efforts to protect the seagrasses continue.
Beginning with a 14-acres site at E.G. Simmons Park, the SWIM (Surface Water Improvement and Management) program restored more than 2000 acres as part of the first concerted effort to restore critical fisheries and wildlife habitat lost to development.
The Sierra Club is calling on major national retailers to stop selling cypress mulch to help stop the needless destruction of cypress forests that provide critical habitat and act as a storm buff3rs during hurricanes.