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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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.
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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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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