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Northeast Florida Environmental Conservation Fund Awards First Grant for an Oyster Reef on the Trout River
St. Johns Riverkeeper (SJRK) and Public Trust for Conservation have established the first fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida dedicated to environmental protection. Funding for the Northeast Florida Environmental Conservation Fund results from...
5 Ways to be River Friendly In Honor of Earth Day
You can make a difference. Together, we can create change. In honor of Earth Day, we want to share five tangible ways YOU can impact the St. Johns River for the better. 1: Participate in the Great St. Johns River Cleanup Between March 15 – April 26, 2025,...Take Action: Bad Boating Bill; Save Our Wetlands
St. Johns Riverkeeper works to keep you informed about issues that affect OUR river. Here are two “bad bills” that we encourage you to take action on now, and, a follow up from the “Protect Our Parks” issue that we shared previously. Our voices...
Morning Star Fields – Permitting Evolution & Promising Future
As reported in late 2024, St. Johns Riverkeeper (SJRK) and the Clean Water Coalition of Indian River County (CWC) united to provide citizen oversight of the construction and operation of a high-density chicken facility under construction in the headwaters of the St....
Sewage Sludge in the St. Johns
Sewage sludge, the waste by-product from treating our wastewater, continues to undermine the health of the St. Johns River at its very source. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) permits the cheap disposal of sewage sludge (aka biosolids) on...
Dead Fish in the St. Johns? What You Should Know
St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) is monitoring the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)’s investigation of several fish kills in the St. Johns River. FWC states that the fish kills of predominantly tilapia (an invasive species) are most likely...
Resilient Ribault 2024 Highlights
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,...
25 Years: Looking Back at Our Founding
Throughout the 1990’s, newspaper headlines like “Study shows river loaded with toxins,” “Report says quality of St. Johns worsening,” and “Effluent is pushing St. Johns into decline” were common. State agencies and environmental regulations...