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Rebecca Vecera
2024 St. Johns Riverkeeper Recap
As we enter our 25th anniversary year, we are grateful for your support and our joint accomplishments over the past quarter century – for the river – to ensure a healthy river ecosystem for generations to come. Today, we reflect on 2024 and our annual progress and...
Impacting Local River Communities
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...