By Shannon Blankinship, Outreach Director for People that know the St. Johns River usually only know “their” part of it. Few people know the entire river – because the entire river is really big. is the longest river in Florida, drains nearly 16% of our state, and changes dramatically as it slowly flows from marshes in Indian River County to the Atlantic Ocean in Duval, a distance of over 300 miles. Recently, St. Johns Riverkeeper returned from a 13-day expedition along the entire length of the river in order to raise awareness about the issues impacting the St. Johns and …
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