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Creating a Riverfront for All: Riverfront Parks Now
In the summer of 2020, St. Johns Riverkeeper joined with Scenic Jacksonville, Greenscape of Jacksonville, the Late Bloomers Garden Club, and the Garden Club of Jacksonville to form the Riverfront Parks Now coalition. We realized that Jacksonville was facing a...
Great Florida Riverway Reunion
On February 4, river lovers united at Lake Apopka, Ocala, Palatka and Jacksonville to celebrate the Great Florida Riverway and to activate the 2023 Reunite the Rivers effort. Attendees enjoyed live music, good food, craft beer and fun activities while organizing to...
Support a More Resilient Jax – Protect our Preservation Land and the St. Johns River
In 2020, the Jacksonville City Council voted down a proposal to develop nearly 48 acres of rural land in the heart of the Timucuan Ecological & Historical Preserve due to flooding and safety concerns as well as potential adverse impacts to the St. Johns River and...
Riverkeeper Recap: Looking Back at 2022
2022 was an exciting year of growth for St. Johns Riverkeeper. Our work toward our mission – to defend the St. Johns River and advocate for its protection – has been strategic, steadfast, and as always, based in science and truth. We’ve expanded...
Riverkeeper Staff Expanding in the New Year
St. Johns RIVERKEEPER is excited to announce that our team will be growing again in 2023! We are looking to hire an Outreach and Engagement Specialist as well as an Advocacy Specialist. As an organization, our mission is to defend the St. Johns River and advocate for...
Clean Water Act Turns 50
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation ever passed in our country. The CWA has resulted in dramatic improvements in water quality, yet much work remains to fulfill the original goal of the act – that all waters of...
Flooding on the St. Johns: Hurricane Ian
Communities up and down the St. Johns are unfortunately still struggling to recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. The devastating storm poured as much as 20 inches of rain in the upper and middle basins of the St. Johns nearly two weeks ago, flooding hundreds...
Renew Jax: Committing to Renewable Energy
Written by Jimmy Orth, Executive Director JEA, the largest community owned utility in Florida, is in the process of creating an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that will guide the way it generates and delivers electricity for the next 10 to 15 years. The plan is...