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The effort to protect Neon Reef has drawn attention from across South Florida — in print, on air, and on the op-ed pages.
The campaign to protect the nearshore reef off South Beach made the front page of the Miami Herald.
Read the article →Louis Aguirre featured the marine park effort in his “Don’t Trash Our Treasure” environmental series.
Watch the segment →A guest op-ed by Ombretta Agró Andruff and Adam Steckley, tied to World Ocean Celebration 2026 — “A living reef sits 600 feet off South Beach. Miami needs to protect it.”
Read the op-ed →Biscayne Times profiled UPG’s fight to protect the reef in “Activism for Environmental Protection, Come Hell or High Water.”
Read the article →Watch
Neon Reef, a short documentary by Alex Mitow, brings the reef off South Beach to the screen.