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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
Jax Today City Council Candidate Survey: Climate Change/Resilience
Jessica Palombo at Jax Today put together a candidate survey for those running for Jacksonville City Council seats in the local election on March 21. You can find your own sample ballot on the Duval Elections site to see who is running in your district, or find your...
Creating a Riverfront for All: Riverfront Parks Now
In the summer of 2020, St. Johns Riverkeeper joined with Scenic Jacksonville, Greenscape of Jacksonville, the Late Bloomers Garden Club, and the Garden Club of Jacksonville to form the Riverfront Parks Now coalition. We realized that Jacksonville was facing a...
Great Florida Riverway Reunion
On February 4, river lovers united at Lake Apopka, Ocala, Palatka and Jacksonville to celebrate the Great Florida Riverway and to activate the 2023 Reunite the Rivers effort. Attendees enjoyed live music, good food, craft beer and fun activities while organizing to...
Support a More Resilient Jax – Protect our Preservation Land and the St. Johns River
In 2020, the Jacksonville City Council voted down a proposal to develop nearly 48 acres of rural land in the heart of the Timucuan Ecological & Historical Preserve due to flooding and safety concerns as well as potential adverse impacts to the St. Johns River and...
2022 State of the River Report
The 15th annual State of the River Report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin provides significant reason for concern, while also providing a few glimpses of hope that some health indicators may be improving. Funded by the Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board,...
Flooding on the St. Johns: Hurricane Ian
Communities up and down the St. Johns are unfortunately still struggling to recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. The devastating storm poured as much as 20 inches of rain in the upper and middle basins of the St. Johns nearly two weeks ago, flooding hundreds...
National Estuaries Week 2022
September 17-24, 2022 is National Estuaries Week, an opportunity for us to shine a light on the importance of America’s estuaries by showcasing the value they provide to our communities. The St. Johns River estuary is the section of the river where freshwater mixes...
Resilience for the River
Resilience is defined as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” In the context of climate change, resilience refers to the ability of a community or ecosystem to withstand and bounce back from a disturbance, such as a natural disaster. One of the most...
Renew Jax: Committing to Renewable Energy
Written by Jimmy Orth, Executive Director JEA, the largest community owned utility in Florida, is in the process of creating an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that will guide the way it generates and delivers electricity for the next 10 to 15 years. The plan is...
Biosolids and PFAS Contamination
Written by Lisa Rinaman, St. Johns Riverkeeper For more than four years, we have sounded the alarm regarding the environmental and human health risks of the land disposal of sewage sludge (aka biosolids) and the inequity of the state-sanctioned export of South...