Reconnected: Reviving the Indian River Lagoon by Reconnecting Isolated Wetlands
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Reconnected: Reviving the Indian River Lagoon by Reconnecting Isolated Wetlands
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Florida's mosquito control districts built earthen dikes around coastal wetlands starting in the mid-1950s. Flooding marshes with water interrupted the breeding cycle of salt marsh mosquitoes, which lay eggs on moist — but not wet — mud.
Flooding impounded marshes worked … but it also cut those wetlands off from the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). Today, restoration scientists are reconnecting them, letting water move the way nature intended.
In this episode of One Lagoon, One Voice, IRLNEP GIS Data Scientist KJ Ayres-Guerra speaks with Ron Brockmeyer, environmental scientist at the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD).
Ron’s a 2012 National Wetlands Awards winner, an honor the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C. gives for exemplary efforts. He’s spent more than 30 years reconnecting and restoring lagoon wetlands.
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