Visit MRC at the 23rd Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival
MRC will be part of the 23rd Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival, January 22–27, 2020, at Eastern Florida State College in Titusville, Florida.
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National Estuaries Day Celebration 2019
National Estuaries Day is a nationwide celebration of our bays and estuaries and the benefits they provide local communities. Join MRC for a day of fun!
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National Estuaries Day Celebration
National Estuaries Day is a nationwide celebration of our bays and estuaries and the benefits they provide local communities. Join MRC for a day of fun!
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International Mangrove Day Celebration
Mangroves Matter! International Mangrove Day is an educational and fun event to help raise awareness and funds to save our Indian River Lagoon.
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International Mangrove Day Celebration 2019
Join MRC in Celebration of International Mangrove Day on Saturday, July 20. This educational and fun event at the Ted Moorhead Lagoon House will help raise awareness and funds to save our Indian River Lagoon.
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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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October 2 Brown Bag Lunch: Sea Grass Transplant Project
Join us for our October Brown Bag presentation with Laurilee Thompson, co-owner of Dixie Crossroads and creator of a recent seagrass nursery pilot project.
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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.
Read moreHabitat Restoration Unpaid Internship
Interns wanted to assist the MRC in its efforts to save the Indian River Lagoon through the Living Shoreline Program. MRC is pleased to offer this opportunity with the goal of enhancing real world experiences for local college level students.
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Mangrove Restoration
MRC cares for 4,000 native mangrove plants in its mangrove restoration program. These plants will be transplanted along the IRL to provide nutrient uptake, wildlife habitat, storm protection, and erosion control.
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Presentations from the 2014 Indian River Lagoon Action Assembly
View presentations from the May 2014 Indian River Lagoon Action Assembly, coordinated by Marine Resources Council.
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Indian River Lagoon Action Assembly
MRC coordinated the May 2014 Lagoon Action Assembly involving over 100 community leaders in facilitated discourse about the collapse of the Indian River Lagoon.
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