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August Expedition Summary: SAVe Our River’s Grasses
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...
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...
Be Prepared: Algae Bloom Season
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
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...
Hurricane Preparedness in our Watershed
Earlier this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center increased their prediction for the rest of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from a near-normal level of activity to above normal. In an NOAA statement,...
SAVe our River’s Grasses Expedition: August 2023
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
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...