Ana Fins

Bottle caps, cigarette lighters, coffee cups, candy wrappers, plastic food containers, an umbrella, dental floss picks, and plastic straws were among the bounty of trash collected by STOP volunteers in a Sept. 1 beach clean-up. All told, the 20 participants collected 104 pounds of trash in the Turtles & Taps Twilight Beach Cleanup. The event began at 7 p.m. at the Parrot Lounge on Fort Lauderdale Beach, a short distance from STOP’s headquarters. The sea turtle conservation group handed each...

Construction on the Port Everglades Sand Bypass Project is currently on hold following a lawsuit filed by conservation groups over risks to endangered staghorn coral and local marine life. Here is a breakdown of the pause, the lawsuit, and Broward County’s response.