One Lagoon

  • Q3 2024 IRL Newsletter

    One Lagoon, Once Voice: Your Quarterly Guide to IRLNEP News and Progress From Duane's Desk As Floridians, we don’t seem to embrace summer quite as tightly as our friends do...

  • Q2 2024 IRL Newsletter

    One Lagoon, Once Voice: Your Quarterly Guide to IRLNEP News and Progress From Duane's Desk The winter of 2024 was a predictable El Niño winter in Florida: cooler but not...

  • Q1 2024 IRL Newsletter

    One Lagoon, Once Voice: Your Quarterly Guide to IRLNEP News and Progress From Duane's Desk Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that it’s January 2024 and the IRLNEP has...

  • Episode 12: What Are NEPs? What Do They Do & How Are They Different From Other Organizations

    In today’s episode we discuss the National Estuary Program and how it works. The NEP functions within a unique collaborative governance model structured around collaboration and communication among every stakeholder in the watershed. We...

  • Episode 11: IRL Look Back: A Perspective on Access and Fostering a Love of the Environment

    Indian River Lagoon Community Engagement Coordinator Caleta Scott sits down with a very special guest — her father, Ronald Scott. As a Fort Pierce Florida native, Scott speaks of his experiences growing up as...

  • Episode 10: Southern IRL – Environmental Issues & Solutions

    Community Engagement Coordinator Caleta Scott brings on Lisa Krimsky and Vincent Encomio from University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences for episode 10. We discuss Martin County’s Water Ambassador Program, how human...

  • Episode 9: The Indian River Lagoon Observation Network: Monitoring Lagoon Health

    In episode 9, we’re sitting down with Dr. Dennis Hanisak and Kristen Davis from Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. We cover IRLON, or Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network of Environmental Sensors, measuring...

  • Q4 2023 IRL Newsletter

    One Lagoon, Once Voice: Your Quarterly Guide to IRLNEP News and Progress From Duane's Desk In our last newsletter, I talked about the beginning of the harmful algal bloom (HAB)...

  • Episode 8: Lagoon Perspectives From a 5th Generation Commercial Fishing Family

    Executive Director Duane DeFreese chats with fifth-generation commercial fisherman Charlie Sembler about how the Indian River Lagoon has changed since he was young, his time in the Florida Legislature, and practical advice for educating...

  • Episode 7: IRL Restoration – Jumpstarting Seagrass Growth in the IRL

    IRL Community Engagement Coordinator, Jessy Wayles, sits down with Brevard Zoo Conservation Manager Olivia Escandell and Marine Discovery Center Conservation Science Coordinator Tess Sailor-Tynes to chat about historic funding in support of the Indian...