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The Florida Keys, Revisited

June 29, 2018    Sandra Friend

Nine months after Hurricane Irma, we headed to the Florida Keys to see how both the infrastructure and the natural areas are healing. Here’s an overview of what we found, from Key West to Key Largo.

Wild Tamarind Trail

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park  |  Key Largo
( 25.1254, -80.4072 )      0.3 miles

Tunneling into the deep shade of the Key Largo Hammock, a tropical forest that once covered most of the uplands of this island, the Wild Tamarind Trail provides you a close-up look at the trees and shrubs that make up this not-so-common forest.