Living Docks

Program Update - February 2024 The Living Docks program launched a pilot study in April of 2023. Thirty (30) docks within the St. Lucie Estuary and the Indian River Lagoon hosted oyster restoration mats. Fifteen of the thirty were biologically assessed for community shifts across the benthic…

‘Living docks’ to aid waterways

Volunteers sought for oyster restoration project for lagoon, river.

Living Docks Oyster Matting 12-6-22 (Private)

This is a private event Join us to create oyster mats for our Living Docks Program. Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Join us to create oyster mats for our Living Docks Program. Established at Florida Tech’s Indian River Lagoon Research Institute (IRLRI), this community driven program was founded to promote the growth of filter feeding benthic organisms and improve local water quality.

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Living Docks Oyster Matting (FULL)

Like many estuaries worldwide, the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), has seen a decline in resources and overall water quality due to human activities. One method to help restore water quality and benthic habitats is the construction and deployment of oyster restoration mats on dock pilings, known as the…

Liz Grossman Joins the New Event Team

December's Volunteer Spotlight! 

"Look into the Under Sea World of the Florida Oceanographic Society and the new Ocean Ecosystem Displays"

Mark Perry of the Florida Oceanographic Society speaks to local radio station, WQCS, aout the eight million dollars in donations and grants helped create new exhibits, add more aquatic life to the facility, and build a beautiful sanctuary for over 300 creatures of the deep.   

Looking at Sharks in a New Light

Let’s face it – sharks receive a lot of negative press. Despite the astronomically low odds of ever having a bad encounter with a shark, they still elicit a deep-seated emotional response in many people.

LOSOM

August 13, 2024  marked a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to protect and enhance the health of our estuaries—the implementation of the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM). LOSOM is the blueprint the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) will use to manage the…

LOSOM Plan CC Position

Make Your Voice Heard for our Waterways!

LOSOM Public Comments

We encourage you to take action by raising your voices and letting the USACE know that these are important issues to you and they must be addressed in any updates to LOSOM.