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It’s your lagoon home

The lagoon and you

Read the plan that guides work in the lagoon region.

Publications

Find general and technical documents about the lagoon and its restoration.

Kids

Find a fun site for children and explore coloring/ activity books.

Restoration

Learn about efforts of the District, local governments and other agencies to restore and protect the lagoon.

Links

Visit links to the websites of other groups and agencies who are also working to protect the lagoon.

INDIAN RIVER LAGOON UPDATE

• Lagoon greenway project moving forward
• Volunteers vital to lagoon spoil island restoration
• Guest column: Preserving the health of Mosquito Lagoon
• Heritage High creates new program to train the next generation of environmental stewards
• Rockledge stormwater projects help protect lagoon
• Research team encounters rare sawfish in lagoon
• South Florida District adds to investment in lagoon

Links to related sites

Fishing boats at dawn on the Indian River Lagoon

• Association of National Estuary Programs
• Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
• Blowing Rocks Preserve
• Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL)
• Brevard Nature Alliance
• Environmental Learning Center
• Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
  • Fisheries Stock Enhancement in the IRL
  • Angler Tag Return Hotline Information
  • Fish Kills and Fish Kill Hotline
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Fishing Regulations
  • Manatee GIS Speed Zone Map Library
• Florida Medical Entomology Lab (Impoundments, Wetlands, and Estuarine Research)
• Florida Oceanographic Society
• Florida Sea Grant
• Friends of the St. Sebastian River
• Friends of Turkey Creek
• Indian River County Water Quality Extension Program
• Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserves
• Indian River Lagoon Envirothon
• Indian River Land Trust
• "Keep Beautiful" Organizations
  • Keep Brevard Beautiful
  • Keep Indian River Beautiful
  • Keep Martin Beautiful
  • Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful
  • Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful
  • Keep Volusia County Beautiful
• Loxahatchee River District
• Manatee Observation & Education Center
• Marine Discovery Center
• Marine Resources Council
• Marine Science Center
• Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Monofilament Recovery and Recycling Program
• Nature Conservancy (The)
• Pelican Island Audubon Society
• Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
• Sebastian Inlet State Park
• Sebastian Inlet Tax District
• Smithsonian Marine Station — Indian River Lagoon Field Guide
• Smithsonian Marine Station — IRL Species Inventory
• South Florida Water Management District’s Coastal Ecosystems — Watershed Research and Planning site
• Space Coast Audubon
• Space Coast Paddlers
• St. Lucie Waterfront Council
• U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) IRL site
  • EPA Publication — Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place
• Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District IRL Pages
• Water Information from Florida DEP