IRL Round Table is a grassroots environmental discussion group that unifies the voice of all Indian River Lagoon citizens.
“We are all citizens of planet Earth. We all have the responsibility of taking care of our homeland and our homeland is the planet.” Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator
IRL Round Table Blog
- Titusville Appeals Right to Clean Water Amendment Again
Titusville has filed it’s third appeal against the Right to Clean Water Amendment. - KSC Visitor Complex Environmental Assessment Comments
The IRL Round Table’s comments on stormwater run-off point to the need for an engineered wetland reservoir to contain and filter all of Kennedy Space Center’s stormwater instead of continuing to use the harmful and long outdated practice of discharging salinity reducing freshwater into canals connected to the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary. - Delaware North Gateway Attraction Awarded LEED Silver
The Round Table applauds Delaware North’s KSC Visitor Complex for developing green buildings that lessen IRL environmental impacts. - IRL Round Table Seagrass ReportCapt. Billy Rotne discusses seagrass recovery in the northern Indian River Lagoon Estuary.
Commercial Space and Our National Treasures
Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the IRL estuary’s largest shareholder, is quickly transforming into Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a state run launch facility serving the commercial space industry.
“We’re only seeing the first steps in major developments at the spaceport and are seeking to minimize the impacts and maximize the science information while supporting a growing spaceport embedded in a large wildlife refuge.”
Dr. Al Koller
Oct 3, 2023
IRL Round Table Call to Action
We are, at this minute, creating a Spaceport Environmental Model that the world will follow when constructing future spaceports.