NHMI is located on Big Pine Key, in the Lower Florida Keys, 120 miles southwest of Miami via US 1.  This Marine Education Workshop will offer the opportunity to study a variety of marine science concepts. Unique sub-tropical program sites within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary include: Soft and hard coral communities, mangrove islands, nearshore sponge and seagrass beds, and Negoniolithon Shoals. All educators, naturalists and others with an interest in the marine environment, 21 and older, are invited to join us.