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Habitat Loss and Degradation
Grass-Roots Effort: Florida Sportsman Feature
St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) was featured along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and our bass angler partners in the July 2024 issue of Florida Sportsman. The article features FWC’s effort to build temporary enclosures in the St....
SAVe Our River’s Grasses: May 2024 Expedition Findings
If you’ve been following along on our journey to SAVe Our River’s Grasses for the past year, you know that submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is the foundation of our river’s health. That is why St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) has pledged to search for answers and...
Headwaters Under Threat
Photo: Birds abound in the vast marshes of the headwaters of the St. Johns River. (SJRWMD) June 12, Governor DeSantis signed his $116.5 billion budget that includes $400 million for a project that as currently designed will inevitably and admittedly redirect polluted...
Year Two Begins: SAVe Our River’s Grasses
St. Johns Riverkeeper is monitoring 80 miles of the most threatened habitat of the St. Johns River over five years In May 2023, St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) launched the SAVe Our River’s Grasses Expedition, seeking answers and solutions to the massive loss of...
Legal Win for Wetlands
On February 16, a federal judge sided with St. Johns RIVERKEEPER and our co-plaintiffs, stating that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) breached federal law by delegating the Clean Water Act wetland permitting...
2023 St. Johns Riverkeeper Recap
St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) is the voice for the St. Johns River. As the only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to protecting the St. Johns, we work tirelessly to ensure we are prioritizing initiatives that will most benefit the river and the communities that...
2023 State of the River Report: What’s Next?
The 2023 Lower St. Johns River Report (LSJRR) provides a stark reminder of the fragile health of our river and its tributaries, but also documents the powerful combination of responsible regulation, reasonable incentives, education, citizen advocacy and political will...
SAVe our River’s Grasses Expedition: October Recap
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is the foundation of our river’s health – providing biofiltration, fish habitat, and more. Sadly, the St. Johns River is suffering mounting threats resulting in the near demise of our river’s SAV. In search of solutions, St. Johns...