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Fall 2003 - V.18 N.3 Table of Content	HEADLINES
Table of Content	EPA Proposes New Limits on Nutrient Pollution to Lagoon    17 segments of the Indian RiverLagoon impaired by nutrient pollution, have had new nutrient limits proposed by the EPA. The EPA was required to set pollution limits by a lawsuit brought by ... Lagoon House Nears Completion    The Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway Welcome Center is already a shell and is expected to be completed by No./Dec. of this year... MRC NEWS MRC Membership Meeting Will be at the Metro Cinema Cafe 1-3 pm October 18th Other MRC News Brown Bag Schedule NEWS AROUND THE LAGOON Cape Canaveral Hospital Moves One Step Closer to Filling Banana River 30% of Lagoon Dolphin Suffer Skin Disease 12 Water Projects Funded EPA allows Florida to Pollute Drinking Water 800 Dolphins and Whales Dying Daily in Nets Nitrogen Associated with Sewage Found in Ocean Seaweed Advisory Group Wants to take north Florida's water to supply south Florida Growth Muck Removal Delayed to Late 2004 Army Corp. Studies Lagoon Problems Lake Okeechobee Water Releases Merger Expected to Reduce Growth Management Development Impact Fees Results in Job Growth Runoff Cause Cattails Spread in Everglades Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festivals U.S. Fish and Wildlife considers 3 New Manatees Zones in Florida Environmentalists Sue to Restrict Weed Killer Wastewater Carried Towards the Keys Florida Keys at Risk Bioluminescent algae in the Ocean Sea Urchins Infesting the Reefs On the Lagoon with Captain Rodney Smith HOT ISSUES AT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PUBLIC WORKSHOPS No workshops this quarter SHORELINE RESTORATION PROGRAM Shoreline Restoration / Brevard County Shoreline Restoration / Martin and St. Lucie County Shoreline Restoration / Indian River County Time to Collect Mangroves! National Scenic Byway Beautification Plantings THE LAGOON MONITOR Dissolved Oxygen- Fish Need to Breath Too! Salinity takes a Nose dive in the St. Lucie and Southern Lagoon Why does Salinity Matter? National Estuary Day LAGOON HISTORY Florida's War on the Seminoles - South Lagoon and Everglades 1830-1840 INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SPECIES SPOTLIGHT Sea Rocket

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