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Escambia, Santa Rosa team up for reef-cycling initiative

| Hansen Hasenberg

Damaged metal signposts are getting a second life as underwater microhabitat for marine life in Northwest Florida.

The “reef-cycling” initiative is the result of a collaboration between Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. According to Escambia County, the two counties are incorporating the signposts into concrete artificial reef modules as part of a pilot project.

Matt Szatkowski, Escambia County Marine Environmental Program Manager, and Chris Verlinde, Santa Rosa County Natural Resource Coordinator, will one of the reef modules used in the reef-cycling initiative.

 

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