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The Morro Bay National Estuary Program has received federal funding to support its work. They say that’s especially important amid recent storms which have shown the need to preserve the estuary.

About 30 community members dropped a hose, instead of cutting a ribbon, on Feb. 27 to celebrate a native planting project at the Banyan Bay Club on Longboat Key.

Designated as one of 28 estuaries of national significance under the EPA’s National Estuary Program, Great Bay has experienced water quality issues for years as a result of nitrogen pollution.

The Conservation Law Foundation filed a petition this week urging the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate stormwater pollution coming from commercial and industrial properties surrounding the state’s Great Bay.

Hoboken is ready to begin the 2nd phase of the Weehawken Cove Restoration Project, which includes repairing the 16th Street bulkhead.

Many of the proposals relate to the environment, including helping the Indian River Lagoon, manatees, beach renourishment, wastewater treatment

WSP released its final Carpenter Creek/Bayou Texar Watershed Management Plan for restoration to Escambia County.

Projects for restoration include local and federally funded projects with the expectation of lessening future water pollution.

Through a long partnership between Cornell and the DEC, communities in the Hudson watershed have received training, tools and assistance to advance conservation land-use planning and policy.

Florida’s estuaries once teemed with clams, oysters and other bivalves that helped keep waters clean and seagrasses healthy. By the mid-20th century, only a fraction of the state’s vast shellfish beds and reefs remained. Can a small clam make a big difference in serious water pollution hotspots like the Indian River Lagoon?