Richard Stewart, president of Ocean Realm Media and publisher of the Ocean Realm Journal has announced the completion of the first in a series of localized environmental publications.
Eco-Guide to the Waterside for Volusia County, Florida
The Indian River Lagoon is one of Florida’s natural wonders and its northern end begins at Volusia County’s Ponce de Leon Inlet. The Lagoon stretches 156 miles to the south where it ends at Jupiter Inlet. This place where fresh water mixes with sea water is known as “the ocean’s cradle,” an “underwater rainforest” and “North America’s most diverse estuary.” It is home to more than 4,000 species of plants and animals including sea turtles, seahorses, manatees and a bottle nosed dolphin that lives only in the Indian River Lagoon.
The Lagoon’s many seagrass beds and mangrove mud flats are home also to numerous sea creatures—oysters, clams, shrimp, crabs and fish—who depend on the nurture of this rich and fragile habitat. The lagoon holds one-third of the United States’ manatee population and more than 50 other endangered or threatened species. That and other reasons caused the federal government to name it an Estuary of National Significance.
Take a look at the online version of the first Eco-Guide to the Waterside. To discussion the production of an environmentally-oriented publication for your area, contact: richard@oceanrealmmedia.com.
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