Happening Now

12/13/21: Our cleaning crew is continuing work in 3B3, removing muck in over 84,000 square feet of the area thus far. Our biology team continues working on annual monitoring reporting and will be conducting month one maintenance and monitoring on areas 2B1.b, 3B1 and 3B2.

Last Month

11/01/21:  Cleaning: Crews finsihed in the 2B1 area called 2B1b ( West of Bridge on Kings Bay Drive, outer and north part of little bay) and are currently mobilizing in the 3B areas.
Planting: Planting has finished in 2B1a. Additional areas will be planted once cleaning is complete. Please help us keep the project protected and watch your anchors to be sure you do not damage the newly planted grasses and cages.
Maintenance Cleaning:
The crew has finished maintenance in 2B5, 2B4, 2B3, 2b2, 2A1, 2A2 and 2A3. Dewatering will be at Shatz Island during the maintenance of this canal.

11/08/21: The cleaning crew has completed removing the muck layers in areas 3B1 and 3B2. They have demobilized, which included removing barges and pipes from those areas. The biology team has installed and planted 175 cages in areas 3B1 and 3B2. We planted 7,000 mechanical planting units and 2B1.B as well as over 8,000 mechanical planting units in areas 3B1 and 3B2.

11/15/21: The cleaning crew mobilized and began removing muck in area 3B3. The biology team will complete the first weekly maintenance and monitoring of areas 2B1.b, 3B1 and 3B2.

The biology team also completed a spring vent count of all areas cleaned this year in Crystal River. There were 106 spring vents found in 2B1.a, ranging from small sand boilers to small spring vents. One small sand boiler was found in 2B1.b. Eight spring vents and sand boilers were found in 3B1 and two small sand boilers were uncovered in area 3B2.

11/22/21: The cleaning crew in continuing work in 3B3, removing detrital muck from the area. The biology team will continue to monitor the newly planted areas and continue maintenance over the next few weeks.

11/29/21: Our cleaning crew continues to move at a steady pace and has completed detrital muck removal in over 50,000 square feet of area 3B3. Our biology team will be working on annual monitoring reporting as well as weekly monitoring of areas 2B1.b, 3B1 and 3B2. Next week we will begin our first monthly monitoring and cage scrubbing in those areas as well.

Red Areas are completed

Yellow Areas have been permitted for completion.

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What We’ve Finished

Areas outlined in red: COMPLETE

Areas outlined in yellow: To Be Complete

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What’s Happening Next?

After a very positive trip to Tallahassee for the 2020 Legislation Days we are eagerly awaiting our next round of funding. We are also awaiting approval for permitted areas of winter work! During manatee season we work closely with state agencies to map out areas we can successfully work without disturbing the annual migration patterns of the manatee.

Stay tuned for updates soon!

SCR Members presenting a photo to The Department of Environmental Protection

2019 Legislative Days:

SCR Members present a photo to

The Department of Environmental Protection

to show them how far the bay has come.

We thank them for their continued support.

2019 Legislative Days:

SCR Members meet with  many Legislators including

 Representative Roth,  Representative Massullo, and Senator Simpson