"The Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve epitomizes the Florida estuarine system: a natural dynamic system that has supported indigenous Floridians for millennia and continues today. These ecological systems provide the best opportunity to study the coastal strand and should continue to be the focus of our best conservation and protection efforts."
-Gary Ellis, Gulf Archaeological Research Institute
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