Name: Science Cafe - Eelgrass on the St. Johns River
Start: 2025-02-20T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-20T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 234 E Michigan Ave, DeLand, FL, United States, Florida 32724

Science Cafe - Eelgrass on the St. Johns River

Register here: https://bit.ly/eelgrassSJR
5:30PM - Social at the Museum
6:00PM - Presentation at the RELC (also streamed on Facebook Live)
The St. Johns River historically supported thousands of acres of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), mainly eelgrass. Eelgrass serves as important foraging and protective habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife species and supports water quality. In recent years, much of the river’s eelgrass has been lost. John Saxton, biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), will speak about the ecological importance and restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation in the St. Johns River with a focus on recent enclosure experiments being conducted in Lake George.
John is originally from Virginia, where he attended Virginia Tech and earned his degree in fisheries science. While working with FWC, he has gained experience with aquatic plants around the state. Most of his time recently has been spent on the St. Johns River around Lake George as well as Lake Monroe and Lake Woodruff. He has always had a passion for fishing and the outdoors.