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Coastal Estuaries Alert
 STOP the discharges!

Col. Pantano attended the South Florida Water Management District's Governing Board meeting on May 13th. The meeting also brought out about 75 speakers, including Mark Perry taking a stand to stop the discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the Estuaries. Perry provided an informative handout with information on the discharges and their effects on the estuary; including salinity, oysters, seagrass habitat, Mangrove marshes, nearshore reefs and other sealife. He also handed out samples of the Muck taken from the St. Lucie Estuary on April 21, 2010. Click for Handout pdf

TAKE ACTION!

Link to SFWMD meeting information; dates, agenda, minutes, etc

 

Stuart News "Your View" letter about Lake Okeechobee discharges & their effect on sealife in the St. Lucie River posted on July 1, 2010, printed in Stuart News July 2 (click).

 

 

Additional Oil Spill links:

Click-Blue Green Algae Discovered in North Fork of the St. Lucie River-May 26, 2010

Click-Bacteria Levels Elevated at Roosevelt Bridge-May 7, 2010

PLEASE HELP STOP THE DISCHARGES -

HERE'S HOW:

Please click on the letter from Mark Perry, print it out and sign.

Then fax to Colonel Pantano and your U.S. Congressmen (see below)!

Mark Perry's letter to Colonel Alfred Pantano, Jr.

US Army Corps of Engineers

                                                 Ajpril 7, 2010

Colonel Alfred A. Pantano, Jr.

District Commander

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

701 San Marco Boulevard

Jacksonville, FL 32207-0019

904-232-2241

904-232-2200  FAX

Alfred.A.Pantano@usace.army.mil

                               

                                                                       April 7, 2010 Click for more discharge

                                                                               photos by Thomas Winter    

                                             

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson

716 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20510

202-224-5274

202-228-2183  FAX

561-514-4078  FAX

 

U.S. Senator George LeMieux

356 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

202-224-3041

202-228-5171  FAX

407-423-0941  FAX

 

All State & Federal contacts:  State  Federal

U.S. Representative Tom Rooney

1529 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202-225-5792

202-225-3132   FAX

772-288-4631   FAX

 

U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings

2353 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202-225-1313

202-225-1171  FAX

954-735-9444   FAX
 
The St. Lucie River Estuary and the Indian River Lagoon are now in critical condition due to large discharges of polluted freshwater from Lake Okeechobee and the agricultural canals! The water has high levels of nutrients, such as phosphorus and nitrogen and is depositing an estimated 200 cubic yards of silt and sediment into the estuaries each day! Direct impacts of the discharges include fish with lesions, dying oyster populations and loss of seagrass habitat. Declines in tourism and in boating, fishing, and all water-related activities are causing a major economic impact on our community.

Several "protected" areas are now being impacted including two State Aquatic Preserves, the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary, NOAA Essential Fish Habitat, EPA Critical Habitat for Seagrass, the St. Lucie Inlet State Preserve Reefs, and the St. Lucie Nearshore Reefs nominated for National Marine Sanctuary designation. These estuaries and coastal ecosystems are habitat for over 4,000 species of plants and animals, including 33 endangered and threatened species.

 

HISTORY

AND INFORMATION

Thank you to all the people who came out to

"Save our River Rally " September 27, 2008

Thank you to the more than 790 people who came out to

"Rally for the Rivers" July 16, 2005.

Thank you to the more than 850 people who came out to

"Rally for the Rivers" September 27, 2003.

How You Can Help!
Use the information and links on this page to keep informed and make your opinion heard.

Write Your Representatives - Letter on Issues  Adobe pdf file

Write Your Representatives - Letter on Issues MS Word file

Federal representative contact list Adobe Acrobat pdf file updated 4/2010

State representative contact list Adobe Acrobat pdf file updated 4/2010

Stop The Pollution Of The St. Lucie River & Indian River Lagoon in South Florida - Online Petition -(2007)

Petition for the Rivers Adobe Acrobat pdf file

South Florida Ecosystem Challenge - information sheet Adobe pdf file

S.T.O.P. - Stop The Ongoing Pollution Fund donation formAdobe pdf file

August 2003 - "The Rivers are Black!" article on the discharge issue Adobe pdf file

Pictures of Discharges Adobe pdf file

Florida Oceanographic Society Position on the CERP Plan Adobe pdf file
The Rivers Coalition
Everglades Coalition
Indian River Lagoon Plan - SFWMD
St. Lucie River Plan - SFWMD
Caulerpa brachypus Alert
FWRI - Fish Kill Hotline
St. Lucie Lock and Dam (S-80) Discharge
Lake Okechobee Water Levels & Canal Discharge Information
Weekly St. Lucie River Data
Federal Contacts & State Contacts
FWRI - Red Tides and Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB)
SFWMD - St. Lucie River Estuary



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