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Captains For Clean Water

This is the short-form documentary by Captains For Clean Water. The documentary raises awareness of the volume of fresh water being released from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers. The nutrient-laden Okeechobee is full of pollutants that are harmful to marine ecosystems and that are devastating both east and west coast marine environments.

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Short-form documentary by Captains For Clean Water raises awareness of how much fresh water is released from Lake Okeechobee into Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers.

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