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Treasure Coast Outdoors

Seagrass Return? Let’s Hope finally make a little bit of progress, we get another toxic have been inundated with rainfall runoff. Four years of
waste dump from Lake Okeechobee.
high-water levels have killed 31,250 acres of subaquatic
New Discharges Don’t Kill It Twenty years ago, as an idealistic new resident. I joined vegetation, which could have a severe impact on bass
several groups active in stopping the discharges. I was fishing, said Lawrence Glenn, the South Florida Water
By Jim Weix enthusiastically trying to recruit a Florida native fishing Management District’s water resources division director.
Anglers are reporting buddy to my cause. He just shook his head and said that There’s supposed to be 35,000 acres, but there remains
seeing seagrass growing I was wasting my time. He said that Big Sugar and the only 3,750 acres, he said.
back north of the power Army Core of Engineers ended all hope when the canals I can’t help but wonder if there was no such thing as
plant on both the east and were dug so that water could be dumped into the St. Lucie the C-44 canal.
west sides of the river. River. Thus, the C-44 Canal was dug between 1916 and Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
No surprise, but that has 1924. This pretty much doomed the St. Lucie River. conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer. Jim is
attracted trout again. Yes, some progress does get made to try and minimize included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s Hall of
Forgive me if I am a the discharges, but at the end of the day, it fails. We began Fame for helping restore thousands of acres of wetlands.
bit of a killjoy, but I’m so another oyster and seagrass killing discharge on Dec. 7. Jim is a broker associate with The Keyes Company. He can
tired of getting my hopes The purpose of the discharge is to supposedly protect be reached at (772) 341-2941 or by email at jimweix@
up. Every time we start to the lake’s ecology, namely aquatic plants and animals that jimweix.com.

Stuart Chamber Happenings from page 10

Stuart/Martin County Chamber (From left) Stuart/Martin County
Trustee Rob Gluckman, Live Hearty, Chamber Trustee Kaylin Obards,
shown with associates Ciara (left) South Florida Orthopaedics
Stuart/Martin County Chamber Heather Price, The Price is Right and Nicole, was the Presenting & Sports Medicine; Patricia Barbara LaBounty, The Pension
members and guests enjoyed the Real Estate, and her companion Sponsor of the annual Holiday Trade Idarraga and Aleisha Coleman, Source, was feeling no pain as
sounds of Gratitude Steel Band “The Grinch” got into the spirit Show, held on November 20 at The VNA-Visiting Nurse Association, she received a massage from
as they perused the numerous at the Stuart/Martin County Flagler Center. Special thanks to discussed the healthcare system Grassam Spine & Wellness Center
exhibitors at the Holiday Trade Chamber’s Holiday Trade Show, Gluckman and his wife Dr. Michele during the November 26 Business during the Stuart/Martin County
Show, held on November 20 at The held on November 20 at The Libman for the ongoing support of B4 Breakfast at Cleveland Clinic Chamber’s Holiday Trade Show
Flagler Center. Flagler Center. the chamber and its programs. Martin North Hospital. at The Flagler Center.

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