Jim Waymer

2 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | Jim Waymer

Volunteers removed approximately 300 tires from a Cocoa Beach island, addressing a decades-old erosion control method. Tire particles pose a significant threat to the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem, leaching harmful chemicals and microplastics. Studies show tire leachates negatively impact marine life, decreasing survival rates and causing genetic mutations. This is where the rubber meets the river.

2 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | Jim Waymer

Can a few good drones and a billion "super clams" save the Indian River Lagoon? Maybe not all by themselves, but these shellfish ways are well worth a try, according to the Indian River Lagoon Billion Clam Initiative, spearheaded by the Coastal Conservation Association Florida, a nonprofit sportfishing and marine advocacy group.

2 weeks ago | floridatoday.com | Jim Waymer

Bank of America East Central Florida has donated $250,000 to the East Coast Zoological Foundation, which owns and operates Brevard Zoo, to build the future Bowen Aquarium and Conservation Center at Port Canaveral. Bank of America's donation supports the zoo's $100 million community fundraising effort to build the aquarium, expected to break ground this year, with an anticipated opening in 2027. The aquarium will span 14 acres of shoreline along the Banana River.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jim Waymer

Bank of America East Central Florida has donated $250,000 to the East Coast Zoological Foundation, which owns and operates Brevard Zoo, to build the future Bowen Aquarium and Conservation Center at Port Canaveral. Bank of America's donation supports the zoo's $100 million community fundraising effort to build the aquarium, expected to break ground this year, with an anticipated opening in 2027. The aquarium will span 14 acres of shoreline along the Banana River.

1 month ago | palmbeachpost.com | Jim Waymer

Pollution from septic tanks and sewage spills is killing seagrass, causing threatened manatees to starve to death, and Florida's not doing enough to stop it, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Carlos Mendoza, Middle District of Florida in Orlando, granted injunctive relief and directed Florida to apply for what's called an Incidental Take Permit, which under the federal Endangered Species Act gives permission to kill or harm manatees if certain conditions are met.