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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One Lagoon, One Voice is a podcast where members of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program sit down with scientists, researchers, and community leaders to discuss important issues facing the 156-mile-long estuary on Florida’s east coast. Learn more about hot topics like seagrass restoration, manatee populations, and much more on the only show that brings both the wondrous and worrisome aspects of the Indian River Lagoon into focus.

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Every time it rains, stormwater carries trash, sediment, nitrogen and phosphorus into the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). But underground sits a growing network of concrete boxes that most Floridians will never notice. Those boxes are silently cleaning stormwater runoff before it arrives in the lagoon.

In this episode of One Lagoon, One Voice, host Heather Stapleton chats with Dani Straub, Assistant City Engineer for the City of Melbourne, Florida. They cover how a technology invented decades ago evolved into one of the city's most effective stormwater tools.

They also discuss why Melbourne is now home to one of the largest baffle boxes in the world, once parties resolve construction delays.

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👉 DIVE DEEPER:

From dolphin health to seagrass restoration, there's a lot more to discover. Browse the full episode archive here:

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The best way to support One Lagoon, One Voice is simple. Subscribe on Youtube, Apple and Spotify. Share this episode with someone who cares about the lagoon. Every listen, follow, and share helps us reach more people who need to hear these conversations.

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➜ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@IndianRiverLagoon

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One Lagoon, One Voice is a podcast where members of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program sit down with scientists, researchers, and community leaders to discuss important issues facing the 156-mile-long estuary on Florida’s east coast. Learn more about hot topics like seagrass restoration, manatee populations, and much more on the only show that brings both the wondrous and worrisome aspects of the Indian River Lagoon into focus.

#OneLagoon #stormwatermanagement #IndianRiverLagoon

To learn more about the IRL Council and our lagoon home, visit: https://onelagoon.org/

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Every fishing regulation in Florida (every bag limit, every closed season) traces back to data. Biologists at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have been collecting it in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) for 36 years. They use the same standardized, rigorous methods, time after time.

In this episode of One Lagoon, One Voice, IRLNEP Chief Operating Officer Dan Kolodny talks with Derek Tremain, research administrator for the FWC's Fisheries-Independent Monitoring Program at the Indian River Field Lab in Melbourne.

They cover how that long-term dataset influences fishing rules statewide and what it reveals about a question many anglers ask: Now that seagrass is bouncing back in parts of the IRL, are the fish returning with it?

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The best way to support One Lagoon, One Voice is simple. Subscribe on Youtube, Apple and Spotify. Share this episode with someone who cares about the lagoon. Every listen, follow, and share helps us reach more people who need to hear these conversations.

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One Lagoon, One Voice is a podcast where members of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program sit down with scientists, researchers, and community leaders to discuss important issues facing the 156-mile-long estuary on Florida’s east coast. Learn more about hot topics like seagrass restoration, manatee populations, and much more on the only show that brings both the wondrous and worrisome aspects of the Indian River Lagoon into focus.

#OneLagoon #Fishing #IndianRiverLagoon

To learn more about the IRL Council and our lagoon home, visit: https://onelagoon.org/

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