Conning Tower on ship.Photo source: ©© GrufNick
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As Miami prepares to dredge its port to accommodate supersize freighters, environmentalists are making a last-ditch effort to protect threatened coral reefs and acres of sea grass that they say would be destroyed by the expansion.
Florida has seen steep declines in coral in the last 25 years, and last year’s cold snap devastated the reefs closest to shore.
Environmentalists also question whether the potential harm to Biscayne Bay, with its pristine waters and sea life, is too high a price for a port expansion that may not bring the economic windfall that is expected…
