WaterNotes

EarthOcean is a really interesting video website.  Unlike the front-line amateur videos you can find on YouTube concerning ocean conservation issues, EarthOcean hosts some really professional and entertaining footage on their site. 
I’m really impressed by how well the videos are put together as well as the content they shed light on.  Most of the videos [...]

I was able to see, in person, damaged and restored oyster reef habitat this past weekend while touring areas of Mosquito Lagoon (the northernmost part of the Indian River Lagoon system).  See my previous note on oyster restoration.
You can see in these photos that there is a wide white shelf of exposed shells in the [...]

 
Seagrasses and mangroves arent the only plants that have managed to colonize the super salty areas surrounding estuaries off the East Coast.  Within the Indian River Lagoon we have a range of halophytes – plants that like salt – that live just above the high tide mark. 
One of my personal favorites – okay two – [...]

I think it says a lot when a car manufacturer features an excerpt of Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods in their quarterly owner’s magazine. 
Drive is usually full of interesting articles about going places with our cars and experiencing the country.  They cover maintenance tips and reveal new efforts about the latest cars (of course).  It reveals simple [...]

You know the saying, “one person’s trash is another’s treasure”? Maybe, in this new green focused time, we should change it to “less trash from each person is everyone’s treasure”. 
For most of my life on the planet the idea of recycling has received a lot of press and has been put into action in various ways.  [...]