October 15, 2026
5:30 PM
8TH ANNUAL STATE OF THE WATER:
THE LAST STAGHORN
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING STATE OF THE WATER
Our 8th Annual State of the Water gathered local leaders to collectively imagine – what if this were the last staghorn coral left in Florida? Would our values or our decision-making be different? Would we act to save it?
Photos of our 2026 State of the Water can be found here
Watch a recap of our 2025 State of the Water event below.
The 2026 recap is coming soon.
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#WaterWin: Army Corps Withdraws Its Port
Everglades Dredging Application
For more than ten years, Miami Waterkeeper and a coalition of conservation organizations fought to protect Florida’s Coral Reef from what NOAA called “the largest impact to coral reefs permitted in U.S. history.” On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers withdrew its state permit application for the Port Everglades Expansion Dredging project — the most significant progress in over a decade of advocacy.
This pause is a critical opportunity — but it’s not the finish line.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS PARTNERSHIP CREW
PartnerSHIP list as of 8/18/2026
Honorary Keeper ($100,000+)
Anonymous
Bruce and Diana Rauner
Seahorse level ($50,000+)
Manatee level ($25,000+)
Bethany and Robert B. Millard
The Barry S. Sternlicht Foundation
Ellen and John Levinson
The Frankel Family
The Mailman Foundation
The Newman Family
The SeamLev Foundation
Dolphin level ($15,000+)
The Charlsemead
Foundation
Laurie and Andy Okun
Reiter and Soman Family
Jenny and Nick Semaca
Aviva and Aaron Stauber
Paula Tolliver
Robin and H Jordan Weitz
Sea Turtle level ($10,000+)
The Alvarez Family Fund
Jaleh and Jeffrey Bast
Roger and Leslie Baumann
Bisnow Family
Cristina and Mark Crofton
Dedrick Family Foundation
Fritz-Veloso Family
The Gardner Family Foundation
Jen Kaplan
Philip Kushlan
Leomi Foundation
Leslie Miller
Amanda Perwin and Seth Cassel
Judd Rosen
Schwedel Family
Brandon and Kara Yarckin
Coral level ($5,000+)
Susan and Rob Askew
Julia and Till Bechtolsheimer
The Diamond Family
Liz Greig and Jason Extein
Marcello Fernandes & Family in memory of Kellie Henley
Charles Hammel
Valerie Hernandez and
Gildas Durand
The Benjamin and Gloria Joannou, Jr. Family Conservation Fund
Cindy Lerner
Ashley Litwin and Anton Diego
Mark Mason Family
Lisa and Victor Mendelson
Ernesto Morales
Michelle Petock and Henry Werner
The Risius Family Philanthropic Trust
The Toni Schrager Team
Estelle Silverstein
Harris and Amy
Siskind
Tracy Slavens and Daniel Schwartz
The Stokes Family
The Szajman Family
Amy Taylor
Steven and Rochelle Weinstein
Starfish level ($2,500+)
