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Winter 2003 - V.18 N.4 Table of Content	HEADLINES
Table of Content	MRC Receives $4.5 Million for Land Acquisition    On October 3rd 2003 The Florida Communities Trust (FCT) distributed $106.5 million dollars in grants to local land-buying projects for Fiscal Year 2002-2003. MRC NEWS Saving the St. Lucie and Indian River Lagoon Conference --- Feb 21 Other MRC News - City of Palm Bay Armors Shoreline to "Protect" Lagoon House NEWS AROUND THE LAGOON First Phase of Everglades Restoration Begins Trace Levels of Wood Presearvations Found in Florida Aquifer Nonnative Mussels Found in Tampa could Spread Wildly House Members Urge Bush to Retain Clean Water Act Protection Artificial Reefs Study and Regulation Plan Invasive Cogon Grass May Surpass Kudzu as Southern Plant Scourge Congress Oks $150 million for Everglades Central Florida Water Supply in Peril 5,000 New Fish Species in Census of Oceans EPA Reports 40 More Superfund Toxic Waste Site Cleanups Skin Lesions Affect Fishermen and Swimmers Mercury Decreases in Everglades Surfriders TRests Prompts Further StudyRunoff Cause Cattails Spread in Everglades Puffer-fish Band Stretches to One Year HOT ISSUES AT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PUBLIC WORKSHOPS Brown Bag Schedule SHORELINE RESTORATION PROGRAM Shoreline Restoration / Brevard County Shoreline Restoration / Martin and St. Lucie County MRC Volunteers Plant Over 1,000 Mangroves THE LAGOON MONITOR Water Clarity: No Sunlight = No Seagrass, No Seagrass = Very Few Fish! LAGOON HISTORY Steam Boats on the Indian River Lagoon - 1870s INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SPECIES SPOTLIGHT Lakela's Mint

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