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Spring 2003 - V.18 N.1
Table of Content




Test Wells Being Constructed for Aquifer Recovery System
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





From TCPalm

   The first of three test wells will be constructed this April in Port Mayaca. The test wells will help determine whether the aquifer storage and recovery system will work on a much larger scale. 333 underground storage wells with a cost of $1.7 billion are proposed to be built around Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River, and throughout South Florida. They are a controversial part of the $8 billion Everglades restoration plan




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