Orbicella faveolata coral colony with reef fish

Coral Reef Conservation Program

Coordinates research and monitoring, develops management strategies, and promotes partnerships to protect the coral reefs, hard-bottom communities, and associated reef resources of southeast Florida.
Honeymoon Island State Park - Blue Skies & White Sands on the beach

Florida Coastal Access Guide

A guide to public coastal access points along the entire Florida coast from the Gulf of America to the Atlantic Ocean
Image of a bridge within St. Andrews State Park

Florida Coastal Management Program

Coordinates local, state and federal agency activities using existing laws to protect coastal resources.
Fish swimming above an elk horn coral at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects 2,900 square nautical miles of waters surrounding the Florida Keys, from Biscayne Bay westward to the Dry Tortugas.
Sand dunes at Anastasia State Park

Florida Resilient Coastlines Program - Home

Through the Florida Resilient Coastlines Program, DEP continues its efforts to help ensure collaboration among Florida’s coastal communities and to offer technical assistance and funding to coastal communities dealing with increasingly complex flooding, erosion and habitat shifts. Local communities can assess vulnerabilities to projected increases in coastal flooding and erosion and can develop
sunset over Apalachicola Bay

National Estuarine Research Reserves - Apalachicola

The research reserve includes the lower 52 miles of the Apalachicola River and floodplain as well as most of Apalachicola Bay.
An aerial view of a salt marsh at Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve

National Estuarine Research Reserves - Guana - Tolomato - Matanzas

The GTM Research Reserve protects 75,761 acres south of Jacksonville on Florida's northeast coast.
An aerial photo of coastal mangroves at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

National Estuarine Research Reserves - Rookery Bay

Located at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the Gulf Coast of Florida, the research reserve includes one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America.
St. Andrews State Park - Sea Urchins underwater

Outer Continental Shelf Program

DEP oversees activities in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf to ensure consistency with state laws and policies.
marsh at sunset

Resilient Florida Program

Updates: Virtual Office Hours for current Grantee Assistance and Pre-Application Assistance starting April - June 2025. 2025 Planning Grant awards announced! 2025 - 2026 Statewide Resilience Plan now available! DEP's Comprehensive Statewide Flood Vulnerability and Sea Level Rise Data Set & Assessment is now available. NEW! The final report for the 2024 Florida Statewide Vulnerability Assessment is