End-of-Year Campaign

Riverside Conservancy is dedicated to restoring the Indian River Lagoon, one shoreline at a time. Every foot of shoreline we plant strengthens the health of the lagoon. Our mission is to restore miles of shoreline, promote clean water, and provide education and outreach that inspire our community to protect our rivers. We need and appreciate your support to achieve our mission

In 2025, Riverside Conservancy and our many partners restored thousands of feet of shoreline. These living shorelines provide crucial habitat for manatees, shorebirds, and fish that depend on the Indian River Lagoon, an estuary of national significance. By planting mangroves, marsh grasses, and other native species, the Conservancy is helping to replace habitat lost to storm damage, flooding, pollution, and the increasing number of seawalls. In addition to restoring shorelines and hosting monthly educational programs, Riverside Conservancy is enhancing oyster reefs and planting millions of clams each year. These efforts are strengthening the aquatic ecosystem and improving overall water quality.

Despite a decade marked by harmful algal blooms, widespread seagrass loss, high manatee mortality, and declining shellfish populations, the Lagoon is finally showing signs of recovery. Seagrass beds are beginning to return and marine mammal populations are slowly improving.

To continue, and accelerate this progress, we need your help to ensure that sustaining resources are available in 2026. Please consider supporting our year-end funding campaign so we can expand our restoration efforts throughout the Lagoon. Your gift will be matched by a generous contribution from Dr. Art Litowitz, Riverside Conservancy’s chair and one of our original founders. For Giving Tuesday, the Earth Focus Initiative funded by the Chuck and Ernestina Kreutzkamp Foundation has contributed $25,000 to our work for another year. This funding, in turn, leverages grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the St. Johns River Water Management District, and Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Every dollar of grant funding goes directly to improving Indian River Lagoon habitat.

Please donate today and join the team that is restoring the Indian River Lagoon.