🐢🔥 Gopher Tortoises = Florida Fire Heroes 🔥🐢
These amazing diggers can create burrows up to 40 feet long — and during prescribed burns or wildfires, those burrows become life-saving shelters for 350+ other species! 🐍🦎🦉🐇
At SJRWMD, we use prescribed fire to manage land, reduce wildfire risk, and support healthy ecosystems. Thanks to the gopher tortoise, even the tiniest critters have a safe place when fire moves through. 🙌🌿
Nature knows best. 💚
📲 Learn how we manage fire safely: www.sjrwmd.com/
#gophertortoise #floridawildlife #SJRWMD #prescribedfire #conservation #NatureHeroes
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📸 Throwback to 1890 ⛴️ — The steamboat Okeehumkee of Hart's Line once carried passengers through the winding, wild waters of the Ocklawaha River, a major tributary of the St. Johns River.
Back then, this river served as a natural highway through the heart of Florida—lush, untamed, and rich with biodiversity. Today, the St. Johns River Water Management District is investing in efforts to revitalize and restore this iconic waterway and its surrounding ecosystems.
🌿 Our mission? To safeguard water quality, manage natural systems, and ensure sustainable use—so these treasured places remain just as iconic for future generations.
💧 From historic steamboats to modern science and stewardship, the journey of Florida’s waters continues.
🔗 Learn more about how we’re working to protect the rivers of yesterday, today, and tomorrow: www.sjrwmd.com/
#SJRWMD #WaterMatters #OcklawahaRiver #FloridaHistory #SteamboatEra #StJohnsRiver #Conservation #NaturalFlorida #Waterways
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🚨 Prescribed Burn Notice – Lake County 🚨
Today, Land Resources staff will be conducting a 300-acre prescribed burn in the marsh portion of Area of Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area.
🌿 Purpose: Reduce hazardous fuel buildup and maintain fire-dependent wetland natural communities.
#prescribedfire #lakecounty #conservation #emeraldamarsh
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🏠 Planning to stay home during hurricane season? Be sure to stay informed about potential flooding. 🌧️
Even if the weather seems calm, water levels can rise fast and impact roads, neighborhoods, and access to help.
📌 Save this link now to monitor flood warnings for active hurricanes later: water.noaa.gov/
🌀 Stay alert. Stay safe. Stay connected.
Sharing this could help someone in your community stay prepared. 💙
#HurricaneSeason #floodalerts #staysafe #StormPrep #floridaweather
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