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Brevard plans millions more in Indian River Lagoon cleanups in 2025

Posted on January 13, 2025

Brevard County plans millions in spending in 2025 from a local sales tax voters approved in 2016 to clean up the Indian River Lagoon.

 

A man casts under the A. Max Brewer Bridge that spans the Indian River Lagoon in Titusville, with the Vehicle Assembly Building in the background.

 

More than 40 volunteers for Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores program met in Cocoa in June 2024 to make cages filled with oyster shells to put in the Indian River Lagoon. Growing back oysters is one of the ways lagoon advocates hope to heal the lagoon.

 

More than 40 volunteers for Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores program met in Cocoa in June 2024 to make cages filled with oyster shells to put in the Indian River Lagoon. Growing back oysters is one of the ways lagoon advocates hope to heal the lagoon.

 

Researchers at University of Florida are using high-tech drones to spread baby oysters in the Indian River Lagoon.

Brevard County officials say that dredging out decades of organic muck from rotting plant life is key to improving the Indian River Lagoon’s ecological health.

Satellites show how algal blooms attacked the Indian River Lagoon.

Seagrass extent in the Indian River Lagoon hit an all time low in 2021, but has been expanding in the improved water clarity of 2022-2024, according to data from the St. Johns River Water Management District.

Brevard County plans millions in spending in 2025 from a local sales tax voters approved in 2016 to clean up the Indian River Lagoon.

Brevard County plans millions in spending in 2025 from a local sales tax voters approved in 2016 to clean up the Indian River Lagoon.

Scenes of the dredging project on the Grand Canal near Pineda Causeway which is part of the Save Our Indian Lagoon Plan. They are removing large amounts of organic muck from waterways in South Patrick Shores and Satellite Beach areas.

Chris Coughlin project manager with Gator Dredging at the dredging project on the Grand Canal near Pineda Causeway which is part of the Save Our Indian Lagoon Plan.

Hydraulic dredging in a canal at Tortosie Island in Satellite Beach. Scenes of the dredging project on the Grand Canal near Pineda Causeway which is part of the Save Our Indian Lagoon Plan. They are removing large amounts of organic muck from waterways in South Patrick Shores and Satellite Beach areas.

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