Organizing, advocacy, and education to support one of Miami’s most historic rivers
| For International Coastal Cleanup Day! |
| On Saturday, September 21st, Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, The Little River Conservancy, and 1Hotel Miami Beach partnered for a fun-filled morning of kayaking and cleaning up the beautiful Little River to celebrate ICC2024. Folks brought their own kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards, or used one provided by Miami Beach Parks and Rec to clean the River. |
Bring your Kayak and join Dade Heritage Trust and the Little River Conservancy for a paddle on the Little River learning about the history and historical hydrology of this ancient waterway. The historic Little River is amazingly beautiful and BIG! Learn about its environmental heritage and advocacy efforts to ensure its long-term health. Great Sunday morning on the water! Bring your own watercraft, no rentals on-site.
Put in is at NW 2nd and NW 86 Street, River Estates Park in the Village of El Portal. For more information, please reach out to Chris at DHT, chris@dadeheritagetrust.org or 305-910-3996.
Have you ever seen Manatees in the Little River or other Miami waterways? Do you want to help researchers at FIU study and protect these amazing creatures? Please take a 10 minute survey to aid them in their research and help our marine mammals! Anyone in Miami-Dade County can participate.
The Little River Conservancy was awarded a 2022 Preservation Award for our work to Educate about and Advocate for the Little River by Dade Heritage Trust at their annual meeting.
Neighbors along the Little River will come together to celebrate their community and help clean-up and discover one of Miami’s historic natural waterways. Please join us for the 2022 Little River Cleanup & Celebration!
April 2nd, 2022
LOCATION: 435 Northeast 82nd Street, Miami, FL 33138
SCHEDULE:
Safety (including for COVID-19), what to bring, and lunch information.
Thanks to our partners!
Neighbors along the Little River will come together to celebrate their community and help clean-up and discover one of Miami’s historic natural waterways. Please join us for the 2021 Little River Cleanup & Celebration!
Safety (including for COVID–19), what to bring, and lunch information.
LOCATION: 435 Northeast 82nd Street, Miami, FL 33138
SCHEDULE:
When south Florida was first settled—and up until the first canal drainage projects in the late 1920s—the only solid mainland was a narrow string of islands or keys between the Biscayne Bay and the Everglades on the Coastal Ridge.
Rand, McNally, and Co. 1884 (Bloomfields Illustrated Historic Guide) Library of Sandra Henderson Thurlow. via https://jacquithurlowlippisch.com/tag/old-maps/Before the drainage projects of the late 1920s and 1930s, the Everglades flowed south from lake Okeechobee, hemmed in by the coastal ridge on the east. Where breaks in the coastal ridge allowed water to pass to the sea, small rivers formed. Biscayne Bay has four of these original rivers.
The Transverse Glades became the Little River at about NE 1st Avenue: a trickle in the dry season and a torrent in the wet season. It was joined by a spring trace that was harnessed to power a coontie mill near Sherwood Forest Park. The river flowed past the Tequesta Indian mound, where there was a bubbling spring in the middle of the river, according to early plat maps of the area.
