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Endangered Species Act: Definition of Harm
On July 15, 2026, the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published a final rule rescinding the agencies’ longstanding regulatory definitions of “harm” under...
SJRK Responds: Plan for the Upper Basin and Indian River Lagoon
SJRK responds to the St. Johns River Water Management District’s (SJRWMD) plan for the Upper Basin of the St. Johns River and the Indian River Lagoon On February 27, the St. Johns River Water Management District released its first ever plan for the Upper Basin...
St. Johns River vegetation still feeling effects of Hurricane Irma
The following is an article by Dr. A. Quinton White, originally published in the Florida Times Union. — One of the key components for sustaining life in the St. Johns River is the submerged aquatic vegetation, or SAV, commonly called “eel grass.” The name...
2025 Service Awards
Each year in December, St. Johns Riverkeeper (SJRK) distributes our annual Service Awards. These supporters have gone above-and-beyond this year to contribute to cleanups, scientific research, after-school education programs, and more. Join us in celebrating these...
Raise Your Voice: Save the Roadless Rule
Keep Florida’s Public Lands & National Forests Wild The U.S. Forest Service recently announced it is seeking to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”). Rolling back this important rule would put almost 45 million acres of federal...
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Floridians from Toxic Chemicals
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Floridians from Toxic Chemicals The Environmental Defense Alliance and Waterkeepers Florida have filed a lawsuit against Lee M. Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for failing to adopt water quality protections...
Endangered Species Day: Protect the Endangered Species Act
Right now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service are attempting to pass legislation that would effectively gut the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect habitats of endangered species by changing the definition of the word...
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...