Our Mission is to stop discharges into the St. Lucie River from Lake Okeechobee and to fight for a safe, healthy and ecologically balanced St. Lucie River Estuary and Indian River Lagoon, and the natural resources that are vital to the economy and quality of life of Martin County and the Treasure Coast.
During these trying COVID-19 times please remember the clean water non-profit groups that still are in need of your support and generous giving.
Fix the FLO – Sign the Petition
Public Notice: June 2020
Public Notice: Nov, 2019
- SFWMD Starts Public Process to Revise Rules for Northern Everglades & Coastal Estuaries Water Quality
- 2/1/19 Corps invites public to provide input on new Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual
Rivers Coalition Resolution
- Resolution HR6700 (pdf)
- Rivers Coalition Resolution – EAA Resolution
- Rivers Coalition Resolution – Supporting House Bill 761 matched to Senate Bill 10
- Click here to Read Rivers Coalition Resolution Supporting Joe Negron’s Plan to Purchase 60,000 Acres So. Of Lake Okeechobee
- Addresses for Contacting Government Officials PDF
View the Rivers Coalition New Ad
- Click here to see “Big Sugar Blocks the Truth” as seen in the Stuart News, July 20, 2016.
Current Action Items
- 2017 Myth/Fact Flyer – PDF
- Rebuttal to Myths Being Circulated in Oppostition to Senator Negron’s Proposal – PDF
- Rebuttals Against Purchasing Land in the Everglades – PDF
Your River Cries for Help Now!
Once considered the most biologically diverse estuary in all of North America, here you can learn more about the complex issues that surround the degradation of the St. Lucie River Estuary. The environmental crisis we find ourselves facing did not occur overnight. It has spanned over fifty years of extreme over-drainage inland.
Learn how it all began, and what still needs to be done.
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