New Year’s resolutions are important to many people, so when a good friend mentioned recently how much impact a group of people can have when they work together, I thought, how about some resolutions for the river! Perhaps people living …
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MSRI’s ‘Science on the St. Johns’ Oct. 22 focuses on impact of marine life, river
The annual “Science on the St. Johns” is back at Jacksonville University’s waterfront at the Marine Science Research Institute on Saturday, Oct. 22, with a fishing clinic by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and free rods and reels …
Read More »RIVER LIFE: It might be time for the tipping point for the St. Johns
What an exciting time this is for the St. Johns River. After decades of suffering from a serious lack of caring, it seems attention is finally being paid to the river and its potential for Northeast Florida. I say this …
Read More »RIVER LIFE: Oxygen isn’t as prevalent for river life as it is for you and me
While we can discuss the impact of such things as temperature and salinity on river life, the most critical component is oxygen. It is the one essential element that must be available for almost all living things to exist. And …
Read More »RIVER LIFE: Sometimes, we need to accept blame, see what we’re doing to our waterways
This is a hard column to write. The topic is difficult and complex, but in addition to that, we usually like to think things are not our fault. Someone else is to blame.
I’m talking about the algae bloom that
RIVER LIFE: Water is anything but simple
Last month’s River Life column discussed how temperature affects the marvelous diversity of life that occurs in the St. Johns River.
Everything from those charismatic megafauna that everyone loves: sharks, dolphins and manatees; to the huge diversity of freshwater, estuarine
RIVER LIFE: There’s a lot to measure when it comes to water
One of the marvelous things about the lower basin of the St. Johns River is the diversity of life that can exist within its banks.
In addition to the charismatic megafauna, those large animals that everyone loves, like dolphins and
Record single-day manatee count announced by marine science researchers
The number of manatees in local waters surged to the highest single-day counts since surveys by Jacksonville University researchers began more than two decades ago, rising 15 percent to 217 over the previous record of 189 in 2012.
However, researchers …
Read More »RIVER LIFE: Have your say about area’s waterfront
The St. Johns River is many things to many people, but not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy it as much as they would like. And while this has been known for some time, very little has been done to …
Read More »RIVER LIFE: The St. Johns River is a present itself
As we celebrate this season — and, yes, I know this column appears on Christmas Day — my thoughts have turned to the gifts of the St. Johns River that we enjoy every day.
The river has given us so