In this section

It’s your lagoon home

The lagoon and you

Read the plan that guides work in the lagoon region.

Publications

Read the program’s newsletter – the Indian River Lagoon Update – and find other 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.

Publications

Several general publications are available to keep you informed about the lagoon and what is being done to protect it. Some of these publications are available for ordering, some for download and others as web-viewable documents. For in-depth scientific information, we have provided a link to technical documentation.

General publications

• Indian River Lagoon Update newsletter
• Indian River Lagoon — An Introduction to a Natural Treasure booklet
• The Indian River: It’s Your Lagoon brochure
• Indian River Lagoon coloring book
• Indian River Lagoon activity book
• Indian River Lagoon Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP), originally published in 1996
• Indian River Lagoon CCMP update, published in 2008

See our publications form for additional materials.

Technical publications

In addition to the research done by staff in the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, consultants, scientists from other agencies and researchers periodically produce reports about the lagoon. While these reports are not officially published by the St. Johns River Water Management District, they are posted here as a service to those site visitors who wish to learn more about a particular area of interest.

All documents are in PDF format.

• Mapping the Distribution and Abundance of Macroalgae in the Indian River Lagoon (2010) 43 pgs., 5.3 MB on 11/3/2011
• Mapping the Distribution and Abundance of Macroalgae in the Indian River Lagoon (2008) 31 pgs., 4.5 MB
• Mapping the Distribution and Abundance of Macroalgae in the Indian River Lagoon (2005) 9 pgs., 1.0 MB on 11/3/2011
• Municipal adaptation to sea-level rise: City of Satellite Beach, Florida 27 pgs., 2.9 MB
• Biological resources of the Indian River Lagoon (vol. 1) 208 pgs., 10.6 MB
• Biological resources of the Indian River Lagoon (vol. 2) 185 pgs., 8.1 MB
• Historical imagery inventory and seagrass assessment, Indian River Lagoon 134 pgs., 6.9 MB
• Loadings assessment of the Indian River Lagoon 184 pgs., 10.8 MB
• Non-governmental and governmental programs for the Indian River Lagoon 77 pgs., 2.9 MB
• Physical features of the Indian River Lagoon 195 pgs., 10.3 MB
• Status and trends summary of the Indian River Lagoon 153 pgs., 7.9 MB
• Uses of the Indian River Lagoon 115 pgs., 6.0 MB
• Preliminary water and sediment quality assessment of the Indian River Lagoon 212 pgs., 9.6 MB
• Mapping the Distribution and Vertical Extent of Muck in the Indian River Lagoon 24 pgs., 3.1 MB