The State of the River Report is the result of a collaborative effort of a team of academic researchers from Jacksonville University, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL; and West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The report was supported by the Environmental Protection Board of the City of Jacksonville. The purpose of the project is to review various previously collected data and literature about the river and to place it into a format that is informative and readable to the general public. The report consists of four parts—the website (http://www.sjrreport.com) the brochure, the full report, and an appendix. The brochure provides a brief summary of the status and trends of each item or indicator (i.e., water quality, fisheries, etc.) that was evaluated for the river. The full report and appendix were produced to provide more to those interested. In the development of these documents, many different sources of data were examined, including data from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, St. Johns River Water Management District, Fish and Wildlife Commission, City of Jacksonville, individual researchers, and others. The researchers reviewed data addressing many different aspects of the Lower St. Johns River. The most statistically rigorous and stringent research available was used to assemble the report. When a draft of all documents was produced, an extensive review process was undertaken to ensure accuracy, balance, and clarity. We are extremely grateful to the following scientists and interested parties who provided invaluable assistance in improving our document. Reviewing this report does not imply agreement with opinions and conclusions reached by the Report’s authors. The following list is comprised of reviewers from this year and past years (* denotes 2020 reviewers).
| A. Quinton White, Jacksonville University (JU)
Al Canepa, SJRWMD Anita Nash, FDEP * Ashley Smyth, UF * Barbara Donner, FDEP Betsy Deuerling, COJ Bill Karlavige, COJ EQD Carissa Curlee, FWRI Charles Jacoby, SJRWMD Christopher Swanson, FWRI Chuck Jacoby, SJRWMD * Dale Casamatta, UNF Daryll Joyner, FDEP David Wilson, UNF Dean Dobberfuhl, SJRWMD Derek Busby, SJRWMD Donald Axelrad, FDEP Douglas Adams, FWRI Ed Cordova, JEA * Emily Bradley, FWRI Gary Weise, COJ EQD Jan Landsberg, FWRI
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Jessica Abraham, Broward Schools
Jill Sullivan, DCPS John Flowe, COJ John Heine, JU John Hendrickson, SJRWMD John Higman, SJRWMD Joy Hoffman, COJ EQD Julie Espy, FDEP Justin Solomon, FWRI Kelly Smith, UNF Kendra Goff, FDOH Kevin O’Donnell, FDEP Lee Banks, FDEP Lisa Rinaman, St. Johns Riverkeeper * Maia McGuire, UF * Marcy Policastro, Tetra tech, Inc. Matthew Waters, Valdosta State University Mia Patterson McGuire, UF Michael Boyles, UNF Mike McManus, The Nature Conservancy Mark Middlebrook, St. Johns River Alliance Maria Mark, Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation
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Melinda Simmons, JU *
Melissa Long, COJ Mike Rossi, DCPS Patrick O’Connor, FDEP Paul Steinbrecher, JEA Richard Bryant, National Park Service Robert Richardson, UNF Robert Storm Burks, SJRWMD Russ Brodie, FWRI Scott Turner, FDOH Stephan Nix, UNF Steve Swann, Applied Technology & Management Tatiana DiSalvo, St. Johns Riverkeeper * Ted Lange, FWRI Teresa Monson, SJRWMD * Tiffany Busby, Wildwood Consulting * Tiffany Trent, SJRWMD Tony DiGirolamo, FWRI Vince Seibold, SJRWMD Wayne Magley, FDEP |
Sincerely,
Gerry Pinto, Principal Investigator, JU
Brian Zoellner, Principal Investigator, UNF
Gretchen Bielmyer-Fraser, JU
Radha Pyati, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Nisse Goldberg, JU
Charles Closmann, UNF
Anthony Ouellette, JU
Niki Spadaro, Technical Editor
An-Phong Le, Florida Southern College
