Community

Art Contests with Floating Sea Aquatics

Mar 14, 2025 | Community, Events

We are partnering with Floating Sea Aquatics’ FSA RECS on a 3D Sensory Art contest – the theme, of course, is our St. Johns River! Artists of all ages and skill levels are welcomed to create a 3D art piece related to our magnificent river, and submit your...

Call to Action: Protect Our State Parks

Feb 25, 2025 | Action Alert, Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation

Join Waterkeepers Florida’s Call to Protect Florida State Parks Last summer, thousands of Floridians rallied together to oppose a ridiculous proposal to build hotels, golf courses, and pickleball courts in State Parks across Florida. In response to that outcry,...

Resilient Ribault 2024 Highlights

Jan 23, 2025 | Community, Education, Our River, Public Access, Resilience, Resilient Ribault, Tributaries

Resilient Ribault is an initiative launched by St. Johns Riverkeeper and LISC Jacksonville to address the challenges facing the waterways and communities in the Ribault River and Moncrief Creek watersheds – two tributaries of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville,...

2024 St. Johns Riverkeeper Recap

Jan 15, 2025 | Algae, Community, Education, Events, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Ocklawaha River, Our River, Pollutants, Resilient Ribault, SAVs, Upper Basin/Headwaters, Wetland Impacts

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

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...

2024 Volunteer Awards

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

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

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

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...

2024 State of the River Report

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...