Biscayne Bay

As part of a working visit to the United States, the King and Queen of the Netherlands ended their first day in Miami at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science to learn about climate-resilient infrastructure and environmental rehabilitation.

Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, of Miami, faces a charge of seaman’s manslaughter in the July collision, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

Miami-Dade sparked a fight with the the Biscayne Nature Center — housed in a building that Douglas helped raise money to construct — in August after saying its programming license was expiring this month.

With an explosion of youth sailing programs around Coconut Grove, a generation of youth sailors is making its mark on the world stage.

The nonprofit center that Marjory Stoneman Douglas helped found says its located a decades-old document that could boost its case to stay.

The lawsuit accuses Waterfront Construction — the company that owns the barge — and the Miami Yacht Club and MYC Youth Sailing Foundation of negligence and recklessness leading up to the July 28 crash.

A lawyer for the family of Calena Gruber, who survived a deadly crash last Monday aboard a sailboat crash with a barge in Biscayne Bay, says the family is weighing a potential lawsuit.

“It is with heavy hearts that Coast Guard investigators announce the passing of the 10-year-old child that was in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital,” said U.S. Coast Guard officials in a statement on Sunday.

The two young girls were killed Monday morning when a barge collided with a sailboat carrying a group of children during a sailing summer camp on Biscayne Bay near Hibiscus Island, the U.S. Coast Guard reported Monday night.

Two people died Monday after a barge struck a sailboat off Miami Beach, throwing children overboard who had to be rescued from the water, authorities said.

A dozen boat teams and even more shoreline volunteers participated in the latest Derelict Trap Rodeo, part of Friends of Biscayne Bay's efforts to restore the bay. WLRN rode along with one team as they removed abandoned crab and lobster traps that continue to trap and harm marine life long after they’re left behind.

The most recent Biscayne Bay Water Quality Report Card revealed that a part of the bay actually declined in quality. Experts, however, seem more hopeful that plans and efforts for the bay are heading in the right direction.