2024

Impacting Local River Communities

by Rebecca Vecera | Dec 19, 2024 | Community, Our River, Public Access, Resilient Ribault, Tributaries

Taking a Local Approach to River Restoration In 2023, St. Johns Riverkeeper launched Resilient Ribault in partnership with LISC Jacksonville. One of the drivers of this initiative is to proactively, strategically and continually work in a specific geographic location...

Year 2: SAVe Our River’s Grasses

by Rebecca Vecera | Dec 19, 2024 | Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, SAVs

As we wrap up year two of our 5-year SAVe Our River’s Grasses Expedition, we want to thank all of our partners who continue to share their dedication, docks, boats and knowledge of the river we all share and love. What started off as a strong showing for SAV in 2024...

2024 Volunteer Awards

by Rebecca Vecera | Dec 11, 2024 | Community, Education, Events, River Voices

St. Johns Riverkeeper (SJRK) celebrates its annual Volunteer Award winners each year at our Holiday Mingle event in December. We would like to introduce our honorees and commend their contributions to SJRK and our river! Volunteer of the Year: Pete Miller Pete is what...

Local Placemaking Project Explores Community Connections to the Ribault River

by Rebecca Vecera | Nov 15, 2024 | Community, Events, Resilient Ribault, River Voices, Tributaries

Attend theater productions, free and open to the public, this week on Saturday, November 16 and Monday, November 18 There are two performances this week as part of the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Water Stories: A River Harvest series. Water Stories, a...

Unpermitted, High-Density Chicken Facility Threatens Our Headwaters

by Rebecca Vecera | Nov 15, 2024 | Action Alert, Bacteria, Community, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants

Clean Water Advocates Unite in Indian River County to Protect the Upper Basin of the St. Johns River Clean water advocates united on Thursday over growing concerns regarding an unpermitted high-density chicken facility under construction in the headwaters of the St....

SAVe Our River’s Grasses: October 2024 Field Visit

by Rebecca Vecera | Nov 14, 2024 | Algae, Events, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, SAVs

In late October, St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) returned to the river for its third and final 2024 field visit as part of the five-year SAVe Our River’s Grasses Expedition. This trip wrapped up year two of the expedition. We continue to seek answers that will lead...

Lisa Rinaman Receives Prestigious Terry Backer Award

by Rebecca Vecera | Oct 16, 2024 | River Voices

Above Photo: St. Johns Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman, Waterkeeper Alliance CEO Marc Yaggi and fellow 2024 Terry Backer Award winner Tofazzal Sohel, Bangladesh’s Khowai River Waterkeeper At the 2024 Waterkeeper Alliance Water and Climate Global Conference, our own...

2024 State of the River Report

by Rebecca Vecera | Oct 15, 2024 | Algae, Bacteria, Climate Change, Community, Dredging, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants, SAVs, Tributaries, Wetland Impacts

The just-released 2024 State of the River Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin (LSJRR) once again reveals significant reason for concern regarding the fragile health of our river and its tributaries. While a few of the river health indicators seem to be...

Flooding Risk to the St. Johns River Watershed: Hurricane Milton

by Rebecca Vecera | Oct 8, 2024 | Action Alert, Community, Middle Basin, Our River, Resilience, River Voices

We asked Dr. Jason Evans, Professor of Environmental Science and Studies at Stetson University, to share his expertise about compound flooding risks from Hurricane Milton along the Florida east coast and into the St. Johns River. Here is his input: As the hurricane...

St. Johns River Flooding Alerts – Take Action

by Rebecca Vecera | Oct 7, 2024 | Action Alert, Our River, Resilience

There are currently flood advisories for the St. Johns River watershed warning of potentially significant inland flooding due to impending Hurricane Milton. Nearly every county in the St. Johns River watershed is at risk of potential moderate to severe rainfall. Check...