Adopting a Buoy

Want to help the Miami-Dade County Mooring Buoy Program? Adopt a buoy!

Individuals, groups and corporations can help protect natural and artificial reefs from anchor damage by making donations to help fund the installation and ongoing maintenance of the mooring buoys.

Donate to the Miami-Dade Adopt-a-Buoy program through our reef partner, the Miami-Dade Reef Guard Association. Your contribution will help save 48 miles of Miami-Dade County coral reefs.

There are several levels of contribution:

	Coral Reef Ambassador - Donation of $3,000 and up Your donation will pay for one year of maintenance for multiple mooring buoys. Consider sponsoring an entire mooring buoy site. The number of buoys differs between sites -- from two buoys ($3,000) to seven buoys ($10,500)
	Coral Reef Benefactor - Donation of $1,500 Your donation will help for one year of maintenance for one mooring buoy.
	Coral Reef Sponsor - Donation of $750 Your donation will help pay for six months of maintenance for one mooring buoy.
	Large Coral Colony Sponsor - Donation of $375 Your donation will help pay for three months of maintenance for one mooring buoy.
	Small Coral Colony Sponsor - Donation of $75 Your donation will help cover a portion of the program's regular maintenance costs.
	Coral Polyp Sponsor - Donation of $25 Your donation will help cover a portion of the program's regular maintenance costs.

A contribution at any level would be greatly appreciated and acknowledged on the Mooring Buoy Donors web page (unless you wish to remain anonymous). For a donation at the Coral Reef Benefactor Level or higher, a decal of your logo can be placed on the buoy you sponsor.

You may also fill out the Adopt-a-Buoy form and send it to the following address with your donation:

DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
MOORING BUOY PROGRAM
701 NW 1ST CT
MIAMI FL 33136

If you have any questions on adopting a mooring buoy or on the program itself, please send an email to reefs@miamidade.gov or call 305-372-6864.

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