Lazy River
by Ben Prepelka
Title
Lazy River
Artist
Ben Prepelka
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Photograph
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Following more than half of Florida's eastern coast, the Saint Johns River is the state's longest inland waterway. Over time the St. Johns River took on many names, but none better describe it than the name Lazy River. Rising in the interior wetlands on an east-coast ridge, the river drops only 30 feet over its 310 mile trip northward to Jacksonville.
Named as one of President Clinton's American Heritage Rivers in 1998, the St. Johns was also included as one of America's Ten Most Endangered Rivers just 10 years later. Polluted with agricultural and residential herbicides, fertilizers and pesticides, the St. Johns River cleanup became the focus of the St. Johns River Management.
Fed by rainwater, the river expands and contracts over a broad river basin. Here in the Canaveral Marshes Conservation Area in Central Brevard County, the river functions as a storage area, growing from a scant 25 foot wide river channel, to a broad three mile wide marshland in the wet summer months. Access to this conservation area is limited to bicycles, horseback riding, boats and by foot. These central Florida district lands, totaling 700,000 acres, provide a wealth of recreation opportunities.
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August 31st, 2016
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Comments (14)
Joseph Schofield
Congratulations on being featured in the My Florida group! You're invited to post this on the 2022 Featured Images and thank you thread in discussions.
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS! This AMAZING image has been FEATURED on the home page of "SHOWCASING THE SOUTH” L. Thank you for participating in the group. Please add the photo to the 2022 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” Thank you for participating in the group.
Gary F Richards
Outstanding capture, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the Clouds contest!
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS, Ben! This fabulous piece has been FEATURED on the homepage of the FAA Group No Place Like Home, 09/04/2016!