Page 3 - The Shores of Jupiter - April '21

The Shores, Page 3
Commissioner’s Update

Sound Water Strategies during the dry season. Additional benefits will include enhanced • Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Living
Shoreline (erosion control)
flood protection and water quality, and will help combat
By Commissioner saltwater intrusion and provide other environmental benefits. • Loxahatchee River Mile Six Gap Closure and Oxbow
Maria Marino Two main environmental initiatives this project will serve are Restoration Maintenance (preventing saltwater intrusion)
Water resources in Palm the restoration of the Lake Worth Lagoon and the Loxahatchee • Sims Creek Preserve Hydrologic Restoration
Beach County are part of River Watershed Restoration Project. The Northwest Fork of • Section Seven Drainage Improvement Project
a complex, interconnected the Loxahatchee River is one of only two rivers in the state and • Loxahatchee River Sediment Study
system, and decisions made at the only river in South Florida with the national designation In February, the county commission unanimously passed
the regional, state and federal as a Wild and Scenic River. These delicate ecosystems are a resolution urging the state to implement specific activities
levels can dramatically affect vulnerable to harmful algae discharges from Lake Okeechobee to help improve the quality of water resources including grant
local communities. While and saltwater intrusion. Having reservoirs, stormwater treatment programs, technology, collaboration on the implementation
Florida averages five feet of areas and flow ways over wetlands allows us to send clean of projects, and supporting SFWMD to identify and prioritize
rainfall per year, it is essential water east to the lagoon and gradually north to the Loxahatchee additional funding. The commission also approved a resolution
that we support strategies to River Watershed. Sending filtered fresh water in, and keeping urging Congress to fund the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
store, filter and send water to critical facilities, drinking water saltwater out, is what helps fresh water aquatic species thrive Central and Southern Florida Flood Resiliency Study, and to
resources and wetlands, and reduce what is lost to tide. in their habitat. appropriate funding for the implementation in the Army Civil
Most of the fresh water we use in South Florida comes Palm Beach County is an active partner with the South Works program, in partnership with SFWMD, for flood and
from surficial aquifers and the Floridan Aquifer system. The Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the Florida storm damage reduction.
aquifers are composed of multiple layers of porous rock and Department of Environmental Protection and local stakeholders These partnerships are vital to executing sound water
supply approximately 90 percent of the state’s drinking water, in achieving restoration of our critical resources. The county, strategies and I look forward to reporting on further progress as
according to the South Florida Water Management District. along with local districts and municipalities, has requested more these projects move forward.
Rainfall mainly recharges the aquifers, but they also receive than $2.8M in appropriations this year from the State Legislature Please contact me if I can assist you at (561) 355-2201 or by
water from lakes, streams and groundwater flows. toward projects to benefit the Loxahatchee River, including: email at mmarino@pbcgov.org.
The C-51 Reservoir project – 15 years in the making – is • Sawfish Island Restoration
under construction on Southern Boulevard near 20 Mile Bend. • Seminole Avenue and Pennock Industrial Park stormwater
This reservoir will store excess storm water for later distribution improvements Jupiter Inlet

Lighthouse And
Bill’s Box from page 1

Ah man, this speaks to me
loud and clear. Starting today Museum
with a walk on a nature trail and
focusing as often as possible
on a new, more rewarding It’s About To Get Wild &
life, I figure, with joy, and
self-satisfaction I have a good Scenic!
number of years ahead to show
my stuff. Procrastination get Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour
thee behind me. A Virtual Festival Experience
Now, What Else? Date: Saturday, April 10
With reference to emails Time: 6:30 to 9 p.m.
not reaching me, I think I will Cost: Tickets start at $20
cease the lament and spare others and myself the sound of Mark Twain Information: https://www.jupiterlighthouse.org/special-
my voice. Following the guidance in the preceding message, I A master of humor of the first order. He wrote: events-tickets/wild-scenic-film-festival/
will fix the problems. Dave Lindley had given me his counsel. “At the great baseball match on Tuesday, while I was Tickets: Online at Jupiterlighthouse.org
Barring a quick fix, I can always subscribe to a Gmail account engaged in hurrahing, a small boy walked off with an Join us as we host our wildly popular seventh annual
and get out a mass email to advise of the new email address. English-made brown silk umbrella belonging to me, Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour! This year’s
A Chuckle and forgot to bring it back. I will pay $5 for the return virtual festival experience brings adrenaline pumping,
I took an online test of medical knowledge. I answered of that umbrella in good condition to my house on heart thumping, curated films right to your living room!
correctly all questions and was amused to receive a graduation Farmington Avenue. I don’t want the boy in an active They capture epic international outdoor adventures
certificate. It is a hoot. You see it above. Ironically, I have often state but will pay $200 for his remains.” and research, kindle a love for nature and inspire
said in a smiling manner that I am an M.D. without formal Copy deadline for the May issue is April 15. Letters environmental stewardship through the art of film. Watch
education or license. to the editor are welcome. with your family from any smart TV or smart device.
Lobby time and chat begins at 6:30 p.m. and films begin
at 7 p.m. Tickets start at $20. Ticket includes access to the
online event with special guest hosts, chat room, event
program, door prizes, kid’s activities and more! Food
options from local restaurants will also be available. Learn
more and get tickets at https://www.jupiterlighthouse.org/
special-events-tickets/wild-scenic-film-festival/.
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