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Federal Websites

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) Coral Reef Information System ( CoRIS)
Access to NOAA coral reef information and data including coral reef mapping and monitoring. View glossaries, news, publications and other resources available.
NOAA: Coral Reef Watch
The NOAA Coral Reef Watch program uses satellite data to provide current reef environmental conditions to quickly identify areas at risk for coral bleaching. .
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Bleaching is the process by which corals lose the symbiotic algae that give them their distinctive colors. If a coral is severely bleached, disease and death become likely
Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) : Coral Reef
- Learn about Coral Reefs
- EPA'S Coral Reef Research
-What EPA is Doing to Protect Coral Reefs
- What You Can Do
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America's Coral Reefs
Information provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Includes insights into America's coral reefs, environmental topics and applicable laws and regulations.
Caribbean Islands
Florida
Flower Garden Banks (Texas & Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico)
Hawai‘i
Pacific Islands
NOAA's Coral Reeef Information System - Florida

Gray's Reef Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia is one of the largest near-shore "live-bottom" reefs of the southeastern United States. It is just one of 14 marine protected areas that make up the National Marine Sanctuary System and is governed by the National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
Florida Keys Designated on November 16, 1990, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is one of 15 marine protected areas that make up the National Marine Sanctuary System. Administered by NOAA, a federal agency, and jointly managed with the State of Florida, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects 2,900 square nautical miles of waters surrounding the Florida Keys, from south of Miami westward to encompass the Dry Tortugas, excluding Dry Tortugas National Park. The shoreward boundary of the sanctuary is the mean high-water mark, essentially meaning that once you set foot in Keys waters, you have entered the sanctuary.
Flower Garden Banks
Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative SEFCRI, or the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative, is a local action strategy for collaborative action among government and non-governmental partners to identify and implement priority actions needed to reduce key threats to coral reef resources in southeast Florida, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) - Florida's Coral Reefs

Corals & Coral Reefs: Smithsonian
Contains the following information:
What are corals?
From Corals to Reefs
Reefs as Ecosystems
Conservation
Corals at the Smithsonian
National Geographic Ocean
Featuring maps, photos and interviews on ocean life, protection and conservation.
Reef Resilience Network:Nature Conservancy
The web site, maintained by the Nature Conservancy, is devoted to providing coral reef managers with information about building coral reef resilience through marine protected area design and management. It includes training module toolkits, case studies, a resilience training course, and a listing of publications and further resources.

Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL)
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is a non-profit, environmental NGO that is on a mission to save the world’s coral reefs. We work collaboratively with communities to reduce direct threats to reefs in ways that provide long-term benefits to people and wildlife. In parallel, CORAL is actively expanding the scientific understanding of how corals adapt to climate change and is applying this information to give reefs the best chance to thrive for generations to come. Our broad expertise uniquely positions us to rally the conservation community around scalable and effective solutions for coral reefs around the world.
Gates Coral Lab
The lab of the late Dr. Ruth Gates, featured in the film, continues to study coral reefs and tropical marine ecosystems that protect coastlines as well as support tourism and provide nutrition to many island nations.
CoralWatch
A citizen science project based at The University of Queensland that helps non-scientists around the globe understand and support effective reef management by providing “do-it-yourself” tools for action.