Rivers Coalition
Save our River! Stop the Discharges!
10 Things Every RiverKidz Member Should Know
Western Martin County and surrounding counties.
It is the second largest fresh water lake in the U.S. (besides the Great Lakes) and if it gets too full, the government drains it into our rivers!
The St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon.
The polluted waters of Lake Okeechobee destroy the St Lucie River by releasing pollution and sediment into our rivers and causing toxic algae blooms that kill sea grass, fish and other wildlife, and destroying our fishing, tourist industry, and home property values.
Advocate the sending of the flood waters south as nature originally intended, into the Southern Everglades System, south of Lake Okeechobee.
The St Lucie Inlet
It is a long river south of Orlando leading to Lake Okeechobee that used to be winding and the government made it straight.
Making it winding again so as to filter the water before it enters Lake Okeechobee.
When straight, all the pollution shoots down to Lake Okeechobee and then into the St Lucie River.
The IRL is the most biologically diverse estuary in the continental US supporting more than 4000 species of plants and animals…700 species of fish, 300 species of birds, and 1300 species of plants.
10 Things Every RECYCLING RiverKidz Member Should Know
- 1. Use RE-USEABLE WATER BOTTLES or, buy drinks in GLASS bottles.
- 2. Carry your own re-usable shopping/grocery bags and SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAGS.
- 3. Ask for your beverage without a STRAW (you can carry glass, paper or metal straws with you).
- 4. Carry your OWN CUTLERY and re-use!
- 5. Participate in a RIVER OR BEACH CLEAN-UP regularly.
- 6. REDUCE your waste by not buying products with a lot of plastic packaging.
- 7. SAVE WATER by turning off the faucet when you are brushing your teeth, washing dishes or taking a shower.
- 8. Make sure all ALL LIGHTS ARE OFF in your room or house when you leave.
- 9. NO STYROFOAM whatsoever.
- 10. ALWAYS REDUCE, RE-USE AND RECYCLE!
10 Things Every RECYCLING RiverKidz Member Should Know
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