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🌿 January Property Highlight of the Month: Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area 🌿
Start the new year with one of the most breathtaking landscapes in the District.
Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area is known for its sweeping, nearly treeless vistas that stretch across thousands of acres of open marsh — a rare chance to experience Florida’s wide-open wilderness exactly as it once was. ✨
From birdwatching to quiet nature walks, this property offers endless views, peaceful solitude, and a true sense of old Florida.
👉 Explore the Canaveral Marshes and plan your visit: sjrwmd.info/CanaveralMarshes
#SJRWMD #CanaveralMarshes #FloridaNature #ConservationLands #ExploreFlorida #PublicLands #FloridaWildlife #GetOutside
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Alligators are true native Floridians — they’re a native species found in freshwater lakes, rivers, swamps and wetlands across all 67 counties, with an estimated 1.3 million gators living in the state today. 🐊
Fossils show that American alligators and their close relatives have called Florida home for millions of years, with evidence of gators here nearly 2 million years ago — earning them the nickname “living dinosaurs.” 😱
Want to see gators in their natural habitat? 👀
Visit one of our free SJRWMD conservation lands — including the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive, one of the best places in Florida to safely view wild alligators from the comfort of your car:
🔗 sjrwmd.info/WildlifeDrive
#SJRWMD #FloridaAlligators #NativeFloridian #LakeApopkaWildlifeDrive #FloridaWildlife #FloridaNature
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💙🏈 Proud moment for the JAGS! 🏈💙
We’re cheering on the Jacksonville Jaguars as they head to the AFC Wild Card Playoff game! 🙌
Beyond the field, we’re also proud to partner with the Jaguars through our water conservation partnership, helping spread the message that protecting Florida’s water resources is a team effort. 💧🌿
Good luck, Jags! 🐆 Jacksonville Jaguars
#GoJags #AFCWildCard #DuvalPride #SJRWMD #WaterConservation #TeamEffort
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📜 A Look Back at the St. Johns River — Florida History on Paper
Check out this historic preliminary chart of the St. Johns River, dating all the way back to the mid-1800s! Maps like this helped shape early navigation, settlement, and scientific understanding of one of Florida’s most iconic waterways.
🌊 Cool Facts About the St. Johns River:
• It’s one of the few rivers in North America that flows north — starting in Blue Cypress Lake near Vero Beach and winding 310 miles to Jacksonville.
• Its incredibly slow flow — the river’s slope is less than 1 inch per mile — makes it one of the laziest rivers in the United States.
• The river’s marshes and floodplains act as natural water filters, improving water quality and providing habitat for alligators, bald eagles, manatees, and hundreds of fish and bird species.
• SJRWMD plays a key role in protecting and restoring the river through acquiring and conserving floodplain wetlands, wetland restoration, water quality projects, , and responsible water use planning.
🗺️ Maps like this remind us how far Florida’s water science has come — and why protecting the St. Johns River remains at the heart of our mission.
#SJRWMD #StJohnsRiver #FloridaHistory #WaterManagement #FloridaNature #HistoricMaps #Conservation #ExploreFlorida #NorthFlowingRiver #FloridaWildlife
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