SEA & SHORELINE AND THE FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA PARTNER TO PLANT SEAGRASS IN THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON TRIBUTARIES

Submerged vegetation will assist to enhance water high quality and supply meals for ravenous manatees.

WINTER GARDEN, Fla., Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, aquatic restoration consultants Sea & Shoreline and the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida started a collection of restoration initiatives within the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) tributaries to revive meadows of seagrass and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) which have disappeared because of dangerous algal blooms. The initiatives will assist to enhance water high quality and supply a sustainable meals supply for ravenous manatees who’re dependent upon this vegetation for survival.

The restoration, which is being funded by the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida and Sea & Shoreline, includes planting, caging, sustaining and monitoring seagrass and SAV plantings in Goat Creek, Turkey Creek, Taylor Creek, Crane Creek, the Sebastian River and the North Fork of the St. Lucie River. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has permitted and is overseeing the initiatives.

Today, Sea & Shoreline will start planting Goat Creek and Turkey Creek in Brevard County and can plant the extra areas subsequent spring.

“These tributaries feed the IRL, so they play an important role in helping to restore the IRL to a healthy, sustainable ecosystem,” stated Sea & Shoreline’s Lead Biologist Ryan Brushwood.

As a part of its Seagrass Saves Sea Life marketing campaign, Sea & Shoreline has planted over 1 million submerged vegetation in Florida to assist enhance Florida’s waterways and has accomplished over 150 restoration initiatives in areas comparable to Crystal River, the Caloosahatchee River, Blue Springs State Park, St. Andrew Bay, the IRL and extra.  The firm presently has two demonstration initiatives within the IRL within the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park and the Banana River. Both initiatives had been funded by the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program.

The Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida is enterprise important work to guard the Florida manatee and its habitat following two seasons of record-breaking manatee mortalities within the state. “We are excited to partner with Sea & Shoreline and are thankful for our donors who have made these projects possible,” stated Andrew Walker, President & CEO of the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida.

ABOUT SEA & SHORELINE 

Sea & Shoreline, LLC is a Florida-based aquatic restoration agency that restores contemporary and saltwater habitats to wholesome and self-sustaining ecosystems. Services embrace seagrass, oyster reef, coral reef, and propeller scar restorations, dredging, residing shorelines, synthetic reefs, vegetated retaining partitions, wetland plantings, and berm, financial institution, and shoreline stabilizations. For extra information, please go to seaandshoreline.com, or comply with us on social media LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. 

About the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida

The Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida is a nonprofit group devoted to supporting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and different private and non-private companions to preserve Florida’s native animals and vegetation and the lands and waters they should survive. Operating as a statewide group basis for conservation, the Foundation has raised and donated greater than $60 million to preserve nature and our outside heritage. More information might be discovered at wildlifeflorida.org.

SOURCE Sea & Shoreline, LLC