Massive PortMiami Dredge Project 'Wiping Out' Vast Coral Field

Florida biologists hoping to spare an underwater field of coral from dredging were denied the opportunity to do so on Friday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is overseeing the dredging work in Government Cut -- one of the busiest manmade shipping channels in the world and located in Florida's PortMiami -- opposed relocating several acres of coral before the channel is deepened by about 10 feet.