Volunteers Essential: Protecting the IRL Day by Day
Merritt Island Now‘s Patty Smith talks with MRC’s LagoonWatch Coordinator Kara Woods and area volunteers about how community members can help restore and preserve the Indian River Lagoon.
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Hope for a Languishing Lagoon
The Marjorie looks at the fragile gains the Indian River Lagoon has made after a decade of intense algal blooms. “We’re about halfway home,” says one expert.
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Posh New Friend of the Indian River Lagoon
Posh Beauty Lounge Donates $5,000 to the Marine Resources Council! MRC Executive Director Dr. Leesa Souto accepts a generous donation
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Right Whale, Snow Cone Makes It To Cape Cod!
As the right whale calving season came to an early close at the end of February, our minds were on
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Marine Resources Council Selected to Serve on Forbes Nonprofit Council
Dr. Leesa Souto, Executive Director of the Marine Resources Council, has been accepted into the Forbes Nonprofit Council. This community
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Volcanoes Erupting in Florida’s Estuaries!
MRC is thrilled to partner with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to develop plastic-free shoreline restoration solutions.
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Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Dissolved
The largest birding festival in the U.S. has been discontinued after over twenty successful years of bringing ecotourism to our
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Humans Are Threat to Endangered Whales
WESH 2 News reports North Atlantic right whales have been listed as endangered for 80 years, and in 2020 their status was upgraded to critically endangered.
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Improving Conservation Habitat for Endangered Wildlife
Brevard County will improve conservation land for threatened Florida scrub jays, gopher tortoises, and other endangered wildlife to thrive.
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Plastic-free Shoreline Restoration
Most Indian River Lagoon oyster reefs have disappeared due to polluted water, over-harvesting, and other harmful human activities. Concrete “oyster volcanos” are a possible solution.
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Public beach smoking ban.
What do you think about a public beach smoking ban?
Read moreMRC in the news. Blue-green algae scare!
From WESH.com Visitors Warned Not to Swim in Brevard Lake “We know that we have way more pollution coming from
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