Feb. 5 Brown Bag Lunch: Ocean Plastic
Join us for our February Brown Bag presentation “Ocean Plastics: Are We Making Progress?” with Blue Tube founder Patty Goffinet, as she discusses efforts to fix our plastic waste mess.
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Lagoon-Friendly Lawn Care and Rain Barrel Workshop Feb. 10
Join MRC’s Leesa Souto for a Lagoon-Friendly Grass Clippings and Fertilizing Presentation at Rockledge Gardens on Sunday, Feb. 10. Rain Barrel workshop follows the presentation.
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Red Tide and Green Slime: Florida Faces Epic Statewide Fight With Algae
by Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel We may smell it first, warned environmentalist Rae Ann Wessel. She was right. Along a
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The Lagoon Was Once an Aquatic Wonderland
Once upon a time, the Indian River Lagoon was the image of vacation snapshots and postcards. Lush mangroves lined the shore, while boats and docks floated above swaths of unbelievably clear water, as if suspended over the sandy, grassy bottom of the lagoon.
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First-Ever IRL Health Update
Download this report today and please share. MRC’s IRL Health Update assembles the most accurate data of lagoon conditions to date.
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How Does Your Lawn Hurt the Lagoon?
Nitrogen and phosphorous from lawn fertilizer accumulates in soils and grass clippings, runs off during rain events, and leaches through the sand and into groundwater that leads to the lagoon.
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