The North Indian River Lagoon National Estuary including Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore comprise the largest undeveloped coastal zone remaining on Florida’s East Coast. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the estuary’s largest shareholder, is quickly transforming into Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a state-run launch facility serving the commercial space industry. ● Should …
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Florida SB 198 by Sen. Rodriquez was approved by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
IRL Roundtable opposes Florida House Bill 349 and the effort to create submerged land mitigation banks.
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House Bill 349 would grant easements on Florida’s submerged lands for mitigation banks to offset the “unavoidable” impacts of construction projects.
KSC seeks authorization to establish, re-establish, enhance, and preserve and protect wetlands and uplands on three project sites totaling 134-acres.
The proposed 175-acre Launch Complex LC-49 site would support the launch and landing of the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy vehicles.
September 5, 2021 – In an effort to open a more transparent discourse with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, IRL Roundtable wrote introductory letters to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and KSC Director Janet Petro. In response, the environmental group received news of a new “KSC Indian River Lagoon Health Initiative Plan” and was introduced to Jeffrey …
In July of 2021, the IRL Roundtable sent letters of introduction to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and KSC Director Janet Petro, and, in response, received word of an upcoming NASA KSC Indian River Lagoon Health Initiative Plan.
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Environmental Management Branch presents the KSC Indian River Lagoon Health Initiative Plan to the IRL National Estuary Program Management Board.
