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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.
Report an Issue
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
SAVe Our River’s Grasses: May 2024 Expedition Findings
If you’ve been following along on our journey to SAVe Our River’s Grasses for the past year, you know that submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is the foundation of our river’s health. That is why St. Johns RIVERKEEPER (SJRK) has pledged to search for answers and...
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...
Year Two Begins: SAVe Our River’s Grasses
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 the SAVe Our River’s Grasses Expedition, seeking answers and solutions to the massive loss of...
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 Indian...
Plan to Send Polluted Water to St. Johns
In order to fulfill our mission, we strive daily to identify what is right for our river and to determine how we can collectively protect and defend the St. Johns for current and future generations. That is why our team is rigorously investigating the Grove Land...
Great St. Johns River Cleanup
Hey river lovers, it's that time of the year again! Get ready to roll up your sleeves and join hands with St. Johns RIVERKEEPER, local governments, nonprofits, and businesses for the second-annual Great St. Johns River Cleanup. It's not just a cleanup; it's a...
Legal Win for Wetlands
On February 16, a federal judge sided with St. Johns RIVERKEEPER and our co-plaintiffs, stating that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) breached federal law by delegating the Clean Water Act wetland permitting...
Sedimentation Runoff
In January, St. Johns RIVERKEEPER was alerted by several concerned citizens about a muddy plume or sedimentation runoff adjacent to the Southbank Riverwalk in Downtown Jacksonville. The photo, a screenshot from a video, provided St. Johns Riverkeeper a birds eye view...
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...
Does a Resilient Jacksonville = a Resilient St. Johns?
As we wrap up 2023, our team is sharpening 2024 SJRK strategies to protect and restore the St. Johns River. This is the first of a six-part series teeing up our 2024 action plan. For the past six years, we joined hundreds of community leaders to develop a resilience...