What YOU can do River Friendly Yards Green Monster Program

Program

• An alien creature invades a pristine environment…
• A green goop gobbles up a city’s crown jewel…
• An unsuspecting populace braces for the inevitable…




• Sound like a scenario for a horror movie?

  Well, yes. But it’s also something straight out of the river. Our river.



• During the summer of 2005, a massive toxic algae bloom covered the St. Johns River for 100 miles. It was ugly. It was stinky. It threatened fish, plants, and people. It was also unprecedented. No one had ever seen anything like to before.



• Who did it? Could it happen again? Why should we care? How can we fix it? And what might happen if we do nothing?



• In 2006, The Green Monster: It Came From the River was created by St. Johns Riverkeeper and PRC Digital Media as part of the River Friendly Yards program to document the algae bloom and answer these questions.



• The program is hosted by former Jacksonville Jaguar and Outdoor Show co-host, Jeff Lageman, and features interviews with numerous public officials and community leaders.



• The Green Monster originally aired on NBC and has since been broadcast on PBS and several public access channels. In addition, nearly 2,000 DVDs of the program have been distributed throughout the community. Recently, The Green Monster and PRC Digital Media were nominated for three Emmy Awards.



• This project was made possible thanks to the generous support of
  JB Foundation, Helen Lane, Late Bloomers Garden Club, The Haskell Company, and EverBank.