The St. Johns Riverkeeper headquarters are in Jacksonville, but the issues impacting the river are not so concentrated. Since we are continuing to expand our voice and efforts further into the watershed, we decided to host our annual meeting online this year, so that...
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District Plan Would Further Reduce Silver Springs Flow
TAKE ACTION! The SJRWMD Governing Board will vote on the proposed MFL on Tuesday, April 11. Scroll down for contact information for the Governing Board members and tell them to reject the District's plan to further reduce the flow of Silver Springs!...
Does Dredging Make Economic Sense?
photo credit: NOAA St. Johns RIVERKEEPER continues to have the following concerns, regarding the proposal to dredge the last 13 miles of the St. Johns River channel from 40-feet to 47-feet deep: The environmental impacts to the river have been significantly...
Activate the St. Johns River
From March 18 to April 2, 2017, paddling trips, eco-tours, and other opportunities to experience and explore the St. Johns River and its tributaries will be available throughout the river’s watershed. Join one of the scheduled events or plan your own outing with...
Petition Filed to Challenge Sleepy Creek Lands Permit
ALERT: The adminstrative hearing to challenge this permit takes place April 10 - 13 at the SJRWMD headquarters (4049 Reid St, Palatka, FL 32177). JANUARY 9, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PETITION FILED TO CHALLENGE SLEEPY CREEK LANDS PERMIT PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION...
Sleepy Creek Lands Back For More
Save Silver! Sleepy Creek Lands (formerly known as Adena Springs Ranch) and its the Canadian billionaire owner, Frank Stronach, continue to seek consumptive use permits (CUPs) from the St. Johns River Water Management District for a massive 3-phase cattle operation...
Annual Volunteer Awards Announced
Volunteer of the Year, Robert Field with Community Engagement Coordinator, Justina DaceySt. Johns RIVERKEEPER® 2016 Volunteer of the Year Robert Field A “Rising Tide” member since 2013, Robert Field join the Rising Tides Steering Committee in 2016 in...
#adayinthelife for #GivingTuesday 2016
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday#GivingTuesday is about more than donations. This holiday season, consider giving a gift with meaning by helping to sustain the work that we do at St. Johns Riverkeeper. Whether you give the gift of membership to a loved one...
Protect Hallowes Cove
The Rivertown development along SR 13 in St. Johns County wants to build a 250-slip drydock marina on 8 acres of a passive riverfront park at the mouth of Hallowes Cove, a pristine area of the St. Johns River with abundant eel grass beds that provide critical habitat...
Don't Kill the Goose
On one point we can all agree – everyone wants a robust and stable economy that affords opportunities for jobs and economic prosperity. However, we won’t achieve that objective by killing the goose that laid the golden egg. Florida’s natural...