Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
Micro-grants help further partnerships and help implement the CCMP, a 20-year plan to protect the natural environment from Venice to Bonita Springs to Winter Haven. As long as funds are available, applications are accepted year round for up to $250 from Florida residents, organizations, businesses, government agencies, schools, colleges and universities.
The list that follows are 223 projects completed as of September 30, 2007 that were supported with micro-grants. A few entries represent more than one grant. The list is sorted by fiscal year paid then by contractor. CHNEP's fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30. For example, FY07 includes grants reimbursed from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007.
| Fiscal Year Paid | Contractor | MicroGrant Support |
|---|---|---|
| FY07 | PGA Kids Afterschool Care | Seagrass Exploration for PGA Kids |
| FY07 | North Port High School: Laura David | Marine Science Wading Trip to Lemon Bay Park |
| FY07 | People for Trees: Alice White | North Port 9th annual Tree Festival: April 28, 2007 |
| FY07 | Aaran Adams | Determining tag retention by Mayan cichlids (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) - evaluating a tool necessary to study an invasive fish species |
| FY07 | Bobbi Robertson, Lee County Master Gardener | Suncoast Community Friendship Garden |
| FY07 | Taylor Ranch School: Nathan Figueroa | Estuary Exploration for 2006-7 4th Grade Students (1 of 6) |
| FY07 | Taylor Ranch School: Lisa Figueroa | Estuary Exploration for 2006-7 4th Grade Students (1 of 6) |
| FY07 | Taylor Ranch School: Susan Griffith | Estuary Exploration for 2006-7 4th Grade Students (1 of 6) |
| FY07 | Taylor Ranch School: Gretchen Eidelbus | Estuary Exploration for 2006-7 4th Grade Students (1 of 6) |
| FY07 | Taylor Ranch School: Deb Reineke | Estuary Exploration for 2006-7 4th Grade Students (1 of 6) |
| FY07 | Taylor Ranch School: Christy Stackhouse | Estuary Exploration for 2006-7 4th Grade Students (1 of 6) |
| FY07 | NRCS Lee Soil and Water Conservation District | Southwest Gulf Coast Regional Environthon: December 2006 (sixth annual) |
| FY07 | Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, Inc. | Boys & Girls Clubs Summer 2007 Paddle at Matlacha Pass, Lee County |
| FY07 | Caloosahatchee Riverwatch Citizen's Association: Karen Bickford | Friends of Billy Creek Paddle Friends of Billy Creek Paddle |
| FY07 | Cape Coral Parks and Rec: Sue Hassett | An Evening Under the Sea: March 2, 2007 |
| FY07 | Lee County Parks & Recreation/John Kiseda | Mantanzas Pass and Bowditch Point guided walks |
| FY07 | Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, Inc. | Boys & Girls Clubs Summer 2007 Paddle at Coral Creek, Charlotte County |
| FY07 | Villa Vincente Retirement Home in Fort Myers | Butterfly garden for residents of Villa Vincente |
| FY07 | Mangrove Gathering Eco Café: May 11, 2007 | Lee County Parks & Recreation |
| FY07 | Peg Gutmann for CHEC | Demonstration Garden showing native grasses of the area by the CHEC Water Resource Center and add variety and additional larva and nectar plants in the existing butterfly garden |
| FY07 | PGA Kids Afterschool Care | Seagrass Exploration for PGA Kids |
| FY07 | Florida Yards and Neighborhood Rain Barrel Workshops | Florida Yards & Neighborhoods, Lee County Extension |
| FY07 | Friends of Myakka River, Inc | Begining Birding Class |
| FY07 | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife | Burrowing Owl Festival: Fifth annual on February 17, 2007 |
| FY07 | Charlotte County Chapter-Coastal Conservation Assoc | Proper method of operating a boat on shallow water grass flats |
| FY07 | Paul Holmes | Birding in Charlotte County |
| FY07 | Florida Department of Environmental Protection- CHEVWQMN water quality monitoring program | Recognition gift for ALL volunteer monitors for 10 year anniversary of CHEVWQMN |
| FY07 | FDEP Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves | Travel to "Restore America's Estuaries" Conference to give 2 presentations about Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring results |
| FY07 | FDEP Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park | 11th Annual Southwest Florida Exotic Species Workshop: December 1, 2006 |
| FY07 | Carolyn Fischer | Unity Church of Bonita Yard Reclamation |
| FY07 | City of Winter Haven | Lakefront Residents Educational Brochure |
| FY07 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Lemon Bay Watershed Public Conference: March 24, 2007 |
| FY07 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Trash Bash Fall 2006 |
| FY07 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Peace River Environmental Education Network: Summer 2007 |
| FY07 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Peace River Environmental Education Network: Spring 2007 |
| FY07 | CHEC - Alligator Creek | Reprint Estuary coloring book |
| FY07 | City of North Port Parks & Recreation Department | Environmental Fun Week at Mykkahatchee Creek Environmental Park |
| FY07 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Peace River Environmental Education Network: Fall 2006 |
| FY07 | Southwest Florida Amphibian Monitoring Network | Web Site maintenance and domain fee for 2007 for FrogWatch |
| FY07 | Englewood Elementary School: Lois Collins | Learning About Our Local Environment, It's Habitats and Inhabitants at Ceder Point Park |
| FY07 | Lemon Bay Conservancy | audio system for environmental lectures offered by Lemon Bay Conservancy (LBC) at Cedar Point Environmental Park and other locations |
| FY07 | Heritage Christian Academy: Alisha Wright | Cedar Point Wading Trip |
| FY07 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Peace River Environmental Education Network: Winter 2006-7 |
| FY07 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Spring Trash Bash: April 2007 |
| FY07 | Gayle Edwards | Summit Christian School butterfly garden |
| FY07 | FNPS Mangrove Chapter | Plant Native Day: February 24, 2007 |
| FY06 | Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation | Field Trips for Fourth grade students from Heights Elementary to SCCF |
| FY06 | Harbour Heights Horticulture Society | Harbour Heights Median Make-Over using Native Plants |
| FY06 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Peace River Environmental Education Network: Summer 2006 |
| FY06 | Polk County Cooperative Extension Service | Peace River/Charlotte Harbor Watershed Tour: May 25, 2006 |
| FY06 | Polk County Florida Yards and Neighborhoods | We Can Help: Resources for Gardening and Landscaping in Polk County brochure |
| FY06 | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife | Burrowing Owl Festival: Fourth annual on February 18, 2006 |
| FY06 | Venice Area Audubon Society, Inc. | Venice Area Audubon Center Butterfly Garden |
| FY06 | Florida Sea Grant Extension | Monofilament Recovery & Recycling Program |
| FY06 | Diplomat Elementary School: Lori Smith | Life Cycle of a Butterfly |
| FY06 | Lee County Parks & Recreation | The Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival - Children's Activity Area |
| FY06 | Whispering Pines Condo Association | Replacing Trees taken Away from Whispering Pines Condo Association by Charlie and Wilma |
| FY06 | Caloosahatchee River Citizens Association | Billy Creek Cleanup at Shady Oaks Park |
| FY06 | People for Trees | Eco-Kids Blast: September 24, 2005 |
| FY06 | City of Winter Haven: Rachelle Selser | Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place: May 10-11, 2006 |
| FY06 | Trafalgar Middle School: Anna McDonald | Project Protect and Preserve |
| FY06 | The Sanibel School: Debbie Riley | Calusa: Survival Style |
| FY06 | Carla Kappmeyer | Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves Lee County Boys & Girls Clubs Matlacha Pass Paddle July 9, 2006 |
| FY06 | Carla Kappmeyer | Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves Charlotte County Boys & Girls Clubs Coral Creek Paddle July 23, 2006 |
| FY06 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Lakes Appreciation Celebration: July 22, 2006 |
| FY06 | Cathy Olson, Lee County Conservation 20/20 Senior Supervisor | Pilot Study Utilizing Goats to Investigate Their affect on Brazilian Pepper. |
| FY06 | People for Trees | Eco-Kids Blast: September 24, 2005 |
| FY06 | City of Cape Coral Environmental Services Division | Cape Coral New Residents Environmental Education Packet |
| FY06 | Peace River Audubon Society | Enrichment/extension activities to follow 2 day estuary environment experiences at Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center for 6 classrooms |
| FY06 | Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, Inc. | Friends Get REAL! Summer Kayak Paddle Coral Creek - Cape Haze |
| FY06 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Great American Cleanup AKA Earth Day Trash Bash 2006 |
| FY06 | Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, Inc. | Friends Get REAL! Summer Kayak Paddle Matlacha Pass |
| FY06 | FNPS Mangrove Chapter | Plant Native Day: February 25, 2006 |
| FY06 | Peace River Audubon Society | Live Oak Restoration Project at at Audubon Pennington Park in Port Charlotte |
| FY06 | People for Trees | North Port 8th annual Tree Festival: April 22, 2006 |
| FY06 | Ernesto Lasso de la Vega | Attendance to ‘Fostering Sustainable Behavior, Community-based social marketing workshop |
| FY06 | Myakka River Management Coordinating Council | Myakka River Management Coordinating Council Website |
| FY06 | North Port High School: Laura David | Butterfly Gardening with water conserving native plants |
| FY06 | Peace River Butterfly Society | Butterfly Patch is a cooperative project of the Peace River Butterfy Society and Sallie Jones Elementary School's Bontany Buddies Environmental Club |
| FY06 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Identifying & Controlling Invasive Exotic Plants in Southwest Florida: A Homeowners Guide reprint |
| FY06 | Polk County Cooperative Extension Service | Agrifest: Water Moves! For Polk County fourth grade students |
| FY06 | CHEC - Alligator Creek | Plant Garden at the Cooper St. Recreation Center |
| FY05 | Rotonda West Homeowners | An educational brochure titled " A HOMEOWNERS GUIDE TO ROTONDA CANALS" |
| FY05 | Peace River Audubon Society | Boat trip to familiarize Audubon & CHEC members with Charlotte Harbor |
| FY05 | Crowley Museum & Nature Center | Materials for Children's Nature Art Workshops |
| FY05 | Ingrid Simke on behalf of Water's Edge and Landings | Native Plant Landscaping on San Casa Drive |
| FY05 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Lakes Appreciation Celebration 2005 |
| FY05 | Lemon Bay Conservancy | Leaps & Bounds Conservathon: April 10, 2005 |
| FY05 | CREW Land & Water Trust | FrogWatch Website |
| FY05 | Whispering Pines Condo Association | Whispering Pines Condo Association Replanting |
| FY05 | FNPS Mangrove Chapter | Plant Native Day: March 19, 2005 |
| FY05 | Manatee World, Inc | Underwater debris removal from Sanibel causeway |
| FY05 | CREW Land & Water Trust | CREW Wildflower Celebration: March 18-19, 2005 |
| FY05 | Turtle Time, Inc. | Measuring accurate marine turtle nest and non-nesting distances |
| FY05 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Winter Haven Chain of Lakes Sunset Celebration-Environmental Education Exhibits: April 16, 2005 |
| FY05 | Sarasota Ranch Club Homeowners Association | Entrance Restoration and Beautification |
| FY05 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Seeing green in our future developments, a low impact development workshop on creative development design as a conservation tool: May 24,2005 |
| FY05 | Neil Sheehan | The Tangerine Woods Brazilian Peppers Eradication/Education Project |
| FY05 | People for Trees | North Port 7th annual Tree Festival: April 16, 2005 |
| FY05 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | LE/AD's 20th Anniversary Environmental Education Publication |
| FY05 | Keep Polk County Beautiful | Great American Cleanup Environmental Resource Guide 2005 |
| FY05 | DeSoto County Library Association | River of Words Environmental Poetry Contest: 2005 DeSoto County |
| FY05 | Peace River Center for Writers | River of Words Environmental Poetry Contest: 2005 Charlotte County |
| FY05 | Mariner High School / Mariner Earth Watch | Mariner Earth Watch Native Butterfly Garden Project |
| FY05 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Coastal Cleanup on Ft. Myers Beach: 2005 |
| FY05 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Peace River Environmental Education Network (PREEN) meeting reimbursement |
| FY05 | Cape Coral Historical Society | Florida Yards and Neighborhood Demonstration Native Landscape and Garden |
| FY05 | Keep Charlotte Beautiful | Charlotte County Coastal Cleanup 2005 Event |
| FY05 | Taylor Ranch School: Sheri Shelden | Estuary Exploration for 4th Grade Students |
| FY05 | Taylor Ranch School: Louanne Steele | Estuary Exploration for 4th Grade Students |
| FY05 | Taylor Ranch School: Deborah Reineke | Estuary Exploration for 4th Grade Students |
| FY05 | Taylor Ranch School: Nathan Figueroa | Estuary Exploration for 4th Grade Students |
| FY05 | Taylor Ranch School: Susan Griffith | Estuary Exploration for 4th Grade Students |
| FY05 | Taylor Ranch School: Lisa Figueroa | Estuary Exploration for 4th Grade Students |
| FY05 | Florida Sea Grant Extension | Boca Grande Pass Enhancement |
| FY05 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Rebuilding Butterfly Garden at Beach School |
| FY05 | DeSoto County Library Association | WindWords: Hurricane Stories in DeSoto County |
| FY05 | NRCS Lee Soil and Water Conservation District | Southwest Gulf Coast Regional Envirothon: December 10, 2004 |
| FY05 | Lee County Parks & Recreation/Belinda Clemons | Afterschool Nature Club |
| FY05 | Marjorie Seegmuller | Demonstation Cul-De-Sac Landscaping |
| FY05 | Polk County Utilities | Polk County Utilities for Conservation Corner |
| FY05 | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife | Burrowing Owl Festival: Third annual on February 12, 2005 |
| FY05 | Charlotte County 4-H Program | Environmental Day Camp |
| FY04 | Lee County Parks & Recreation/Laura Greeno | Sponsor Natural History and Conservation of Gopher Tortoises Workshop: April 17, 2004 |
| FY04 | Lemon Bay Conservancy, Inc. | Support Conservancy's land acquisition efforts of environmentally sensitive land adjacent to CHEC Cedar Point |
| FY04 | Lemon Bay Conservancy, Inc. | Sponsor Kid's Day at Lemon Bay Park with John Storms and the World of Reptiles Assembly Programs: May 1, 2004 |
| FY04 | FNPS Mangrove Chapter | FY&N workshop and native plant sale at Lemon Bay Park |
| FY04 | NRCS Lee Soil and Water Conservation District | Southwest Gulf Coast Regional Environthon: December 6, 2002 |
| FY04 | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife | Burrowing Owl Festival: Second annual on February 21, 2004 |
| FY04 | Polk County Extension - John Brenneman | Provide guided tour of Charlotte Harbor for participants in Polk County's Water School |
| FY04 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Spring Trash Bash 2004 |
| FY04 | Paynes Creek Preservation Alliance | Provide Internet access for second year |
| FY04 | Peace River Audubon Society | Guided boat cruise |
| FY04 | CHEC - Alligator Creek | Provide information to new residents in Lee County |
| FY04 | Don Ball School of Fishing/Charlotte Harbor Reef Association | Purchase materials for 2004-5 school year |
| FY04 | Universalist Unitarian Church | Build kiosk for Holton Eco-Preserve |
| FY04 | Neil Sheehan | Tangerine Woods Brazilian Peppers Eradication/Education Project |
| FY04 | Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School - Shayne Watson | Develop a Watershed Kit for school use |
| FY04 | FNPS Coccoloba Chapter | Native plant sale at Manatee Park, October 25-26, 2003 |
| FY04 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Extend a butterfly garden at the Fort Myers Beach Elementary School |
| FY04 | Green Horizon Land Trust | Computer upgrade to allow duplication of video, etc. |
| FY04 | Hardee County Outdoor Classroom | EcoCamp |
| FY04 | Bayshore Elementary, Lee County School District - Anna McDonald | Kids Cooperating to Conserve Cayo Costa |
| FY04 | Resurrection Catholic School, Polk County | Supplies to initiate the Eco-Study Tour of the Peace River Watershed |
| FY04 | Polk Environmental Education Resource Center - Karen Burrows | Supplies for a lesson about water habitats and watersheds that third grade students in Polk County |
| FY04 | Woodland Wanders | Supplies for education effort |
| FY04 | Cape Coral Historical Society | Develop native garden |
| FY04 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Support PREEN |
| FY04 | CREW Land & Water Trust | Frog Monitoring Network input data |
| FY04 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Signage on exotic animals |
| FY04 | Taylor Ranch School - Nathan Figueroa | Estuary Exploration Fourth Grade Field Trip (3 of 3) |
| FY04 | Friends of Englewood Charlotte Public Library | Develop a reading list for children |
| FY04 | Taylor Ranch School - Lisa Andrews | Estuary Exploration Fourth Grade Field Trip (1 of 3) |
| FY04 | Taylor Ranch School - Christy Stackhouse | Estuary Exploration Fourth Grade Field Trip (2 of 3) |
| FY04 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Outreach to 50 Real Estate Agents |
| FY04 | Trafalgar Middle School - Dr. Henry, Jandy McCoys, Wendy Vogel | Develop native habitat around Trafalgar School involving middle and senior high school students and the Girl Scouts |
| FY04 | Northwest Port Charlotte Community League | Planting and landscaping a Liberty Garden\Entryway Sign at Rt 41 and Chamberlain |
| FY04 | Port Charlotte Middle School, Teacher Dorothea Strickland | Research importance of native vegetation as well as grow native plants in a small greenhouse they'll construct |
| FY04 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Presentation on invasive exotic plants |
| FY04 | Friends for Extension Foundation, Inc. | Develop Butterfly Garden in Hospice House in Port Charlotte |
| FY04 | Alan Weissman, Cape Coral Canal Watch | Replant littoral plants along Lake Alhambra seawalls to help improve water quality and increase natural habitat |
| FY04 | J. Colin English Elementary, Lee County School District | Transport students to Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival |
| FY04 | Cape Coral High School Key Club | Support littoral plantings around the storm water pond on our grounds of Cape Coral High School |
| FY04 | Lakes Education/Action Drive (LE/AD) | Lakes Appreciation 2004 Celebration in Polk County in July 2004 |
| FY04 | Joshua Black | Assist Boy Scout Eagle project to create signs about gopher tortoises for the Venetian Waterway Park and Intercoastal Waterway |
| FY04 | Peace River Center for Writers | River of Words: 2004 Charlotte County |
| FY04 | US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 87, Englewood, FL | Monofilament Recovery and Recycling Program |
| FY03 | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife | Purchase four bat houses at Four Mile Cove Ecological Park and two bat houses at Rotary Park in Cape Coral |
| FY03 | Thomas Simmons | Peace River, Arcadia, to Collage and Columns |
| FY03 | FNPS Mangrove Chapter | Native Plant Mini-Conference |
| FY03 | Lee Middle School Environmental Science Students - Allison Gilcher | Butterfly Garden |
| FY03 | Charlotte County Arts & Humanities Council | River of Words Art Contest: 2002 Charlotte County to award a student at each of the four middle schools in Charlotte County with $62.50 to purchase supplies to allow the students to create art |
| FY03 | Peace River Center for Writers | River of Words Art and Poetry Contest: 2003 Charlotte County to provide prizes for middle and high school students entering poetry in a local level and international level |
| FY03 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Purchase materials for Kids Camp classes |
| FY03 | Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife | Burrowing Owl Festival: First annual on February 15, 2003 |
| FY03 | Susan Brookman | Don't Dump It -- extend to other counties |
| FY03 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Guided kayak explorations on the Caloosahatchee - pilot project |
| FY03 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Interactive programs updated with NEP material and other items |
| FY03 | GulfCoast Homeschool Association - Debra Chilcoat | Peace River Watershed Excursion for up to 16 students |
| FY03 | Estero Bay Buddies | TV-VCR unit and tapes to show at public outreach events |
| FY03 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Send two volunteers to "Interpretive Concepts" workshop on September 18, 2002 |
| FY03 | Don Ball School of Fishing/Charlotte Harbor Reef Association | Purchase materials for manual distributed to up to 100 7th grade students/25 in each of Charlotte County's 4 middle schools |
| FY03 | Cape Coral Environmental Resources Division | 30-year Anniversary for the Clean Water Act t-shirt art contest ($125, $75, $50) |
| FY03 | Peace River Wildlife Center | Purchase items needed to rehabilitate injured wildlife |
| FY03 | Paul Holmes | Purchase equipment to create slides from powerpoint to be used by CHEC and Peace River Wildlife Center |
| FY03 | Cape Coral Parks & Recreation/Libby Olive | Scholarship and supplies for summer marine biology "Beach Bums Boot Camp" on July 28-August 1 for children ages 8 to 14 |
| FY03 | Lee County Parks & Recreation/Laura Greeno | Sponsor a turtle workshop with George Heinrich from August 5 to 8 |
| FY03 | Cathy Olson | Scrub jay banding through Charlotte County and launch a citizen monitoring network |
| FY03 | Tammy Badloe | Purchase materials to research blue crab (Callinectes Sapidus) habitat preferences in San Carlos Bay |
| FY03 | Bailey-Mathhews Shell Museum Southwest Florida | Defray web site training needed to create web-based shell identification |
| FY03 | Greater Everglades Land Trust | Develop collateral for new nonprofit organization |
| FY03 | Diplomat Elementary School in Cape Coral: Marlyce Hays | Provide a wading field trip for a third grade class |
| FY03 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Lakes Alive Family Celebration - promotion |
| FY03 | Gregg Klowden | Research invasive geckos - support travel throughout NEP study area |
| FY03 | The Good Shepherd Day School, Punta Gorda | Wading trip for students |
| FY03 | Lee Middle School-Edwin Stumpf | Create a 1,000-square-foot native butterfly plant garden at school |
| FY03 | FNPS Coccoloba Chapter | Florida Native Plant Society's annual conference - May 8-11, 2003 in Fort Myers |
| FY03 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Purchase 10 pairs of binoculars for use by the general public on CNC&P guided trail walks |
| FY02 | Zander Srodes | Provided funds to Mote to purchase laptop -- hoped to purchase materials for distribution |
| FY02 | GulfCoast Homeschool Association - Debra J. Gilbert | Wading trip for up to 25 students ($165) on September 13 and books for library ($95) |
| FY02 | Fort Myers Beach Pilot Club | Purchase seedlings and provide bus transportation to students and chaperones to clean-up sites on Fort Myers Beach |
| FY02 | Paynes Creek Preservation Alliance | Preserve red-shouldered hawk for display as bird of prey in educational programs |
| FY02 | Paynes Creek Preservation Alliance | Provide support to newly-formed Paynes Creek Preservation Alliance, Inc. to produce brochures, newsletters and business cards |
| FY02 | Cape Coral Environmental Resources Division | Display board and materials to be used by Canalwatch, FY&N, Adopt-A-Canal and Catch Basin Marking Program to promote and gain support of programs |
| FY02 | Paynes Creek Preservation Alliance | Provide Internet access to newly-formed Paynes Creek Preservation Alliance, Inc. |
| FY02 | Southwest Florida Watershed Council | Permitting Coordination Symposium held August 14, 2002 |
| FY02 | Wings of Hope Program | Provide laminated wildlife track field guides to 250 4th and 5th grade students in southwest Florida who participate in the "Know your Southwest Floirda Wildife" program |
| FY02 | Southwest Florida Watershed Council | Southeast Watershed Leadership Train the Trainer Academy + offering four training workshops |
| FY02 | PREEN | Peace River Clean Up and Eco Fest on September 21, 2002 |
| FY02 | Society for Ethical Ecotourism in Southwest Florida | educational boat trip of Estero Bay to 40 ecotour operators who work in Lee and Charlotte counties on June 15 |
| FY02 | Wings of Hope Program | Partnering with Ft. Myers Alternative Learning Center to create butterfly habitat |
| FY02 | Lakes Education/Action Drive | Lakes Appreciation 2002 - tent rental |
| FY02 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Support PREEN activities |
| FY02 | NRCS Lee Soil and Water Conservation District | Southwest Gulf Coast Regional Environthon: December 7, 2001 |
| FY02 | Southwest Florida Watershed Council | Stormwater Utility Workshop: October 24, 2001 |
| FY02 | CHEC - Cedar Point | Support PREEN activities |
| FY02 | Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium | Send three minority youth to summer camp |