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Advocacy Priorities
Learn more about St. Johns Riverkeeper’s advocacy priorities and ways you can get involved with our efforts to protect the St. Johns River.
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See an issue and not sure how/where to report it? Check out our report page for information on alerting the right people and agencies when you see anything from illegal dumping to an algal bloom.
River-Friendly Tips
We’ve put together a list of ways you can make small changes in your everyday life, right now, to be more river-friendly at home.
Recent Blog Posts
Massive Withdrawals Planned for St. Johns
LATEST NEWS While the official comment period has ended, we still encourage you to express your concerns regarding the Central Florida Water Supply Plan and the SJRWMD District Water Supply Plan. Let them know that you oppose water withdrawals from the St. Johns...
Holiday Giving Ideas
Here are some great ways to support St. Johns Riverkeeper and help your St. Johns River this holiday season: Give a gift membership in St. Johns Riverkeeper. What better gift than one that gives each and every day. Give an additional gift. We are 100% privately...
Alarming Levels of Algal Toxins in St. Johns
Algal Bloom at Doctors Lake Marina, Credit: Rusty GardnerSt. Johns Riverkeeper Press Release: Friday, October 18, 2013 Jacksonville, FL -- Today, the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) released the results from two algae samples recently taken...
Test Results: Unsafe Levels of Algal Toxins
Algal Bloom in the St. Johns River at Jacksonville UniversityOn October 7, 2013, St. Johns Riverkeeper took two algae samples from the St. Johns River to GreenWater Laboratories in Palatka for analysis. The test results detected total microcystin toxin levels at...
Conservation Lands For Sale
Lisa Rinaman, the St. Johns Riverkeeper, at Wekiwa Springs State Park. Update! Click here to read comments submitted by St. Johns Riverkeeper expressing serious concerns about the reliability and need for this assessment process. The Florida...
Obama Port Initiative Threatens St. Johns
Credit: jacksonville.com The “We Can’t Wait Initiative” shortchanges the harbor deepening study and our river. Lisa Rinaman, St. Johns Riverkeeper: "We can wait. We can't afford to shortchange the evaluation process. By doing so,...
Save Silver and the St. Johns Forum
UPDATE: On June 17th, St. Johns Riverkeeper, Sierra Club Northeast Florida, Florida Springs Institute, and the Center for Earth Jurisprudence hosted the 2nd annual Springs Forum. A panel of experts provided updates on the current conditions of Silver...
Legislation Undermines River Protections
Unfortunately, our elected representatives in Tallahasee are following in the footprints of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Governor Scott by trying weaken environmental protections for the St. Johns River and Florida's...
State to Allow More Toxins in Our Waters
Credit: EPAUnfortunately, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing higher pollution limit that would allow more dangerous toxins and carcinogens in our waterways. On Tuesday, April 23rd, the Environmental Regulation Commission...
Proposed Water Permit Rules Challenged
Photo credit: DEPThe Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is in the process of overhauling the way that consumptive use permits (CUPs) are issued by the water management districts. CUPs are required by users that withdraw...