Our Mission is to stop discharges into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee and to fight for a safe, healthy and ecologically balanced St. Lucie River Estuary and Indian River Lagoon, and the natural resources that are vital to the economy and quality of life of Martin County and the Treasure Coast.
Our Mission is to stop discharges into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee and to fight for a safe, healthy and ecologically balanced St. Lucie River Estuary and Indian River Lagoon, and the natural resources that are vital to the economy and quality of life of Martin County and the Treasure Coast.
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Tell the Army Corps of Engineers, Water Management District,
and your elected officials to FIX THE FLO.
The floodgates from Lake Okeechobee opened Oct. 14, 2020, forcing polluted water into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries and posing a risk of toxic algae blooms. This government-sanctioned pollution is preventable.
Fix the Flo
Toxic Lake - The Untold Story of Lake Okeechobee, featuring Kait Parker of Weather.com
Runtime: 10 min
Your River Cries for Help Now
Once considered the most biologically diverse estuary in all of North America, here you can learn more about the complex issues that surround the degradation of the St. Lucie River Estuary. The environmental crisis we find ourselves facing did not occur overnight. It has spanned over fifty years of extreme over-drainage inland.
Learn how it all began, and what still needs to be done.
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Rivers Coalition, Inc.
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Stuart, FL 34997
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