Crystal River Florida is known for its vibrant, azure springs and “Old Florida” landscape. How can you look out on a sawgrass prairie and not say “wow”? Even though the landscape remains picturesque, the water quality of the river still drastically declines. Only 40 years ago, one could clearly see fish and manatee swimming below. Now in the main river, it is hard to spot any fish unless they jump from the murky water.
My blog posts, "Walker on the Water" show the importance of Save Crystal River and the beauty of Crystal River.
Years ago, we would always suggest taking a manatee swim tour during manatee season. During the summer months, we would swim in dark dirty water. The bottom was algae ridden and just plain muck… YUCK! We didn’t know it yet, but this was all about to change!!
As the end of manatee season nears, we are excited to dive back in full swing! While the project may have slowed down over the winter months, rest assured our workers with Sea & Shoreline have still been actively cleaning and making progress in our approved winter permitted areas.
Sea & Shoreline meets the requirements of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s list of critical infrastructure industries as it is an agriculture company and a water management company. The company holds both agriculture and aquaculture licenses in the state of Florida.
See past updates on our cleaning progress.
On a daily basis people may ask on manatee tours “What kind of changes have we significantly witnessed with the restoration project?”or “What is their favorite part about being in the water all the time?” and some of our guides have the perfect answers.
When you sit down at the dinner table on Thanksgiving day, don’t just be thankful for family, food, and shelter from the cold. Be thankful for the...
It's no secret that the eelgrass in King's Bay is plentiful and abundant. Once planted, the baby grass is kept in a Grow SAV Exclusionary Device for about a year. This insures the roots are established and those eelgrass plants are ready to take on the aquatic world! But what happens before all of that? Where do those baby plants come from?
As Fall makes its way across Flordia and the manatees start popping up we will start seeing a very important change in the ecosystem and our eelgrass.
