news release

The Clean Water Coalition of Indian River County (CWC) is pleased to invite the public to view a recently completed salt marsh revegetation project at Riverside Park in Vero Beach.  The CWC partnered with the Vero Beach Rotary Club, Coastal Conservation Association of Florida, Sunrise Rotary Club, and the City of Vero Beach to fund and complete this project. 

In order to maintain flood control, the City of Vero Beach removed all the vegetation including mangrove trees that were impeding flow in the drainage canal along the north side of the park which connects to the Indian River Lagoon.  Four species of salt marsh vegetation were planted along the perimeter of the almost 2000 linear foot shoreline.  Valuable salt marshes in this area of the Lagoon have all but disappeared due to mosquito impoundment creation and sea level rise allowing mangroves to dominate.  Educational signage has been installed describing the filtering and habitat benefits of this restored salt marsh.