Restore Our Aquatic Resources - ROAR

01/20/2023

FYI, if you are taking your boat up or down the river today.

11/15/2021

Ewwww! Map shows where p**p is entering the ocean.

New research has mapped out the impacts of human p**p on coastal areas – and let’s just say trips to the beach will never be the same again. As reported in

10/30/2021

Work will soon begin on creating a sand trap within the Fort Pierce Inlet to help reduce the cost of future beach renourishment projects in St. Lucie County. St. Lucie County awarded Ahtna Marine and Construction LLC. a $4.3 million contract to create a 60,000-cubic-yard sand trap basin within the Fort Pierce Inlet. Weather permitting, construction is proposed for seven-days a week, up to 24 hours a day, to ensure the project is completed before March 1, 2022.

10/28/2021

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has a new plan that she hopes will reduce pollution by 50% by 2030.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has a new climate action strategy – one that she hopes will reduce 50% of greenhouse gases by 2030.

10/21/2021

Oysters could be key to saving Biscayne Bay. I know some folks are also testing all over Broward to see where oyster restoration is a viable option.

Seafood lovers may find oysters a delicacy, but did you know they also play a vital role in protecting our coastlines from hurricane storm surge and clean pollution from our waterways?

10/19/2021

Our Manatee friends are starving!

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Manatees have starved to death by the hundreds along Florida’s east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the beloved sea mammals eat, a wildlife official told a House committee Tuesday.

10/16/2021

Help conservation efforts by voting for your favorite license plate design!

A healthy Biscayne Bay is crucial to a healthy Florida. An environmental jewel and an economic engine, Greater Miami’s Biscayne Bay is at the heart of our community.

10/13/2021

A step in the right direction!

Today, I asked TaxWatch to prepare a report analyzing whether local politicians across Florida are skimming funds from water and sewage utilities and diverting it to pork barrel projects. Funds generated from these utility services should be used to maintain and improve the systems — and reduce raw sewage spills into the Indian River Lagoon, for example — not to fund the pet projects of local politicians.

10/08/2021

"Friday morning October 8th will see the highest tide following the new moon two days prior to that...The higher water levels can also act as a test to see how systems put in place to combat rising sea levels are working. Pumps and raised roads and sea walls can keep or get the water out, but underground is another problem. Higher water levels make septic systems work less. With sea-level rise, today’s high tide could be tomorrow’s normal."

The yearly King Tides, brought about by Wednesday’s new moon, will continue to affect South Florida coastal areas.

09/29/2021

The Chief Bay Officer is an advisor to the mayor and the Board of County Commissioners on water issues, and liaison between the county and external stakeholders at local, state and federal levels working for the health and recovery of Biscayne Bay.

This is an important step in the right direction for the water that could be duplicated by local governments throughout Florida looking to take steps to prioritize their local water quality.

“It can be done.” That is the personal philosophy of the first Chief Bay Officer of Miami-Dade County, Irela Bague. “If you walk into my office, it’s on my wall,” she said. As the advisor

09/28/2021

Biscayne Bay is famous for its luscious meadows of seagrass blanketing the bottom of the bay. It is one of the only places on the planet inhabited by all seven species of seagrass.
But scientists suspect that ongoing pollution problems coupled with heavy flushing from stormwater, coastal canals and rivers may have caused fish kills.

“8/ Biscayne Bay is famous for its luscious meadows of seagrass blanketing the bottom of the bay. It is one of the only places on the planet inhabited by all seven species of seagrass.”

09/17/2021

We must take steps to protect our Manatees. That's why ROARs first initiative is going to involve helping to feed our manatee friends. Share, like and tell your friends to sign up to get notified when we start accepting volunteers for this effort.

During 2021 an unprecedented 937 manatees have died in Florida, more than double the five-year annual average only nine months into the year. The staggering loss represents 10 percent of the animal’s population in the state, estimated at 8,810.