Our River

SAVe our River’s Grasses Expedition: October Recap

Nov 2, 2023 | Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, SAVs

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...

Final 2023 SAV Expedition Launches Next Week

Oct 10, 2023 | Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, SAVs

The quest to save the St. Johns River grasses continues: we will embark on our third and final expedition for the year on October 17, 2023. Our team will return to our project survey sites to gather data and assess the status of the submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV),...

National Estuaries Week and the St. Johns

Sep 14, 2023 | Climate Change, Community, Explore the River, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Ocklawaha River, Our River, Resilience, SAVs, Wetland Impacts

In observance of the upcoming National Estuaries Week (September 16-23), St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) celebrates the St. Johns River Estuary. The Lower St. Johns River is a 100-mile estuary that runs from its confluence with the Ocklawaha River in Welaka until it...

Hurricane Preparedness in our Watershed

Aug 17, 2023 | Climate Change, Nutrients, Our River, Resilience, River Friendly, Tributaries

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

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...

The Expedition Continues: SAVe our River’s Grasses

Jul 31, 2023 | Community, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Our River, River Voices, SAVs, Tributaries

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 its first SAVe our River’s Grasses Expedition, seeking answers and solutions to the disappearing SAV...

Advocacy Update: Summer 2023

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...

Warming Waters Come with a Chance for Green

Jun 8, 2023 | Nutrients, Our River, River Friendly

Air and water temperatures are heating up, which unfortunately indicates that algae bloom season is upon us. Existing nutrient pollution, warming waters and runoff from frequent rainstorms during the summer could result in green muck coating our river and its...

SAVe the Grasses Expedition: Spring 2023

May 23, 2023 | Community, Explore the River, Habitat Loss and Degradation, Nutrients, Our River, River Voices, SAVs

Recently, St. Johns RIVERKEEPER’s advocacy team conducted a four-day SAVe the Grasses Expedition seeking answers and solutions to the disappearing submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) of the St. Johns. More than 90% of the SAV was lost after Hurricane Irma and...

First Annual Great St. Johns River Cleanup Results

May 22, 2023 | Community, Middle Basin, Our River, Pollutants, River Friendly

76 sites | 1,302 volunteers | 1,462 bags of trash St. Johns RIVERKEEPER, local governments, businesses and nonprofits came together between March 18 and Earth Day, April 22, to clean up the St. Johns River watershed. The first annual Great St. Johns River Cleanup,...