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2024 St. Johns Riverkeeper Recap

by Rebecca Vecera | 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...

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...

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...

Hurricane Preparedness in the St. Johns Watershed

by Rebecca Vecera | Sep 25, 2024 | Algae, Climate Change, Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, Pollutants, Resilience, River Friendly, Tributaries

With Hurricane Helene threatening to affect the St. Johns River watershed, we want to share some hurricane season reminders as we work to keep our families and our river safe. The NOAA predicted above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year during...

August Expedition Summary: SAVe Our River’s Grasses

by Rebecca Vecera | Sep 13, 2024 | Algae, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, SAVs

In August, St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) returned to the river for its second field visit of the 2024 SAVe Our River’s Grasses Expedition seeking answers and solutions to help the struggling SAV of the St. Johns. Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is the...

Be Prepared: Algae Bloom Season

by Rebecca Vecera | May 16, 2024 | Algae, Nutrients

Toxic blue-green algae outbreaks, or harmful algae blooms (HABs), are increasing in duration and frequency – threatening our waterways and our own health. St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) has already gotten reports of blooms this year throughout the watershed from...

2023 St. Johns Riverkeeper Recap

by Rebecca Vecera | Jan 12, 2024 | Algae, Climate Change, Community, Education, Explore the River, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, Pollutants, Resilient Ribault

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?

by Rebecca Vecera | Nov 9, 2023 | Algae, Climate Change, Dredging, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Our River, Pollutants, Resilience, River Voices, SAVs, Tributaries, Wetland Impacts

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: August 2023

by Rebecca Vecera | Aug 4, 2023 | Algae, Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Our River, SAVs

St. Johns Riverkeeper’s (SJRK) SAV Team wrapped up the August 2023 SAVe our River’s Grasses Expedition a day early due to persistent streaks of cyanobacteria on the surface water at each monitoring site south of Dunn’s Creek. The August 2023 Expedition results...

Advocacy Update: Summer 2023

by riverkeeper | Jun 29, 2023 | Algae, Climate Change, Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Ocklawaha River, Our River, Pollutants, Public Access, Resilience, River Friendly, SAVs, Tributaries

St. Johns RIVERKEEPER’s mission is to defend the St. Johns River and advocate for its protection. We want to give you a brief update on some of the threats to our river that we have been working to improve. Bad Bills The “Radioactive Roads Bill,” HB 1191/SB 1258 was...