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Summer 2003 - V.18 N.2 Table of Content	HEADLINES
Table of Content	LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL THAT ASSISTS HOSPITAL FILLING IN BANANA RIVER    The state legislature has passed Bill 601/2892 that reconfirms the power of the Cape Canaveral Taxing District to tax, buy, sell and condemn lands inside and outside its district. Cape Canaveral hospital is seeking to fill in 8.85 acres of the Banana River... MRC NEWS Volunteers named National Winners of Make a Difference Day Dawn Vickers Employee of the Month Ground Breaking for the Lagoon House Scenic Highway Native Plantings Progress NEWS AROUND THE LAGOON Big Sugar Undermines Everglades & South Lagoon Restoration Invasive Algae Alert for Lagoon Taxpayers Not Polluters Pay for Everglades Cleanup State Cuts Funds for Sebastian Muck Dredging, C1 Diversion, & St. Lucie River Cleanup Deep Well Injection of Sewage: A Threat to Clean Water? Air Pollution increases Mercury Levels in Florida's Water EPA returns 80 Waterbodies to Impaired Waters List Lake Okeechobee Water Releases to Increase Increase in Jellyfish in Florida Waters Some Fishing Methods Much Better Than Others Large Fish Extinction - A Strong Possibility Trace Estrogen Lowering Male Fish Fertility Low Oxygen Alter Hormones In Fish Citizens Use Referendums to Control Growth HOT ISSUES AT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON PUBLIC WORKSHOPS No workshops this quarter SHORELINE RESTORATION PROGRAM Invasive Species Love Florida NOAA Restoration Center helps remove 4 million sq. feet of Lagoon Invasives 2,000 Mangroves Planted with Support from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Foundation NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE MONITORING PROGRAM Southern-most Right Whale spotted near Jupiter THE LAGOON MONITOR Why does salinity matter? Wind makes the Lagoon go round LAGOON HISTORY Never a River like St. Lucie was Back Then (1910-1920) INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SPECIES SPOTLIGHT Small Tooth Sawfish

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