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Spring 2003 - V.18 N.1 Table of Content	HEADLINES
Table of Content	LOST TREE ISLANDS PURCHASED, FINALLY!    Fourteen years of controversy and lawsuits between conservationist and developer over six spoil islands was laid to rest with a $15.1 million purchase... A CALL TO ACTION FOR THE LAGOON    On February 22 a conference exploring the challenge of protecting the lagoon was sponsored by Marine Resources Council and The Nature Conservancy with support from fifteen other prominent non-profit organizations. The accelerated development and population explosion throughout the lagoon ... MRC NEWS MRC Awards and New Employees Volunteer Spotlight, Sue Currier Brown Bag Lunches Schedule NEWS AROUND THE LAGOON Green Sea Turtle Makes Come Back Indian River Lagoon Blueway Made Top Priority St. Lucie County To Purchase Land Projected Growth Will Impact Florida Crab invasion could put pinch on native species Sebastian Students Create Nature Preserve Test Wells Being Constructed for Aquifer Recovery System Green Tide Impacts Coral Reefs Butterfly may be added to Endangered List Florida Ranks 10th Nationwide Pollution -Cancer Link Chefs Unite to Save Oceans Declining Shark Populations in the Atlantic St. Sebastian River dredging may start in 2004 The Threats to the Lagoon Weakening of Federal Wetlands Protection HOT ISSUES AT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PUBLIC WORKSHOPS No workshops this quarter SHORELINE RESTORATION PROGRAM MRC Volunteers Remove 5.7 Million sq.ft. of Pepper! A Million Square Feet of Pepper Removed in Brevard Shoreline Restoration St. Lucie & Martin County NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE MONITORING PROGRAM At Least 15 Right Whale Calves Born Right Whale Plane Crashes Offshore Humpbacks at Risk of Ship Collisions Entangled Right Whale Spotted in January THE LAGOON MONITOR Dissolved Oxygen - Fish Need to Breathe Too! Have You Smelled Your Lagoon Lately? Water Levels in the Lagoon - What's Up? Lagoon Day - Saturday, April 5th LAGOON HISTORY Indian River Lagoon early 1900's - The Dreaded Ashley Gang INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SPECIES SPOTLIGHT The Common Snook

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