Resources: Publications, Posters, Videos and More

Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program unites government agencies with industry, concerned citizens and others in the Charlotte Harbor watershed to reach agreement on the most pressing problems to maintaining a healthy environment and on methods for solving those problems.

CHNEP is pleased to provide several resources free of charge that will provide you with information to help become part of the solution.

As technology has changed and partnerships developed, the CHNEP has changed how many of these resources are made available. As documents are approved by the CHNEP Management Conference, they are often featured in Harbor Happenings. All the publications are available as PDF files on this website and some are only available in this format. PDF files can be read using the free software Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can get Adobe Acrobat Reader free by clicking on the icon and following the instructions.

Some of the more popular items can be picked up from the CHNEP office or from our partners. Other items, such as videos, CDs, DVDs and posters, can be requested by completing the form below. Orders are filled four times a year toward the end of the months of March, June, September and December.

The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program has been providing these resources for free. Please consider a donation to help support our efforts. It typically costs between $5 and $10 in postage alone for each order filled. We are limited in how these donations can be received so we ask that you send a check made payable to SWFRPC and mail to CHNEP Publications, c/o SWFRPC, 1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers FL 33901-3414. (We still encourage you to complete the online order form.) Because of the expense in mailing outside the United States, we ask that those who live outside of the United States retrieve the documents as PDF files from the Program website.

A printed copy of the new CHNEP children's book can only be provided if a donation is received.

Items available from CHNEP are grouped into several categories. For more information on material available in any of these categories, click on the link below.

Popular items, including the newsletter, posters, videos and more. Please scroll down this page to learn more.
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). Additional information is also provided on this page.
Administrative Documents such as Annual Workplans
Technical Documents: Many of these documents are only available from this website as PDF files. Items available on request can be ordered using the form on this page. Many of the scientific reports include several support documents that can be requested on a CD or DVD from the Program website.
Events: The link provides Information about all events sponsored or hosted by CHNEP, including conferences and workshops. Reports that summarize each event, presentations made and more are available.
Grant Directory and Reports: This link provides reports produced with funding as either Public Outreach Grants (up to $3,000) or Research and Restoration Partner Grants (up to $20,000/partner)
CHNEP has also sponsored the public service announcement Keep it Picture Perfect with Clyde Butcher.

To order, you can. . .

pick up many of the items from one of our many partners who receive a small supply of the more popular items.
complete the form provided below and submit the order electronically. (This is the easiest method for the Program to receive requests!)
download a publication order form (this is a PDF file) that will either need to be mailed or faxed. NOTE: This form is being updated.
phone 239/338-2556 x 240
send an email message with the name of the publications, your name and complete mailing address
name and address changes for newsletter: If you already are a subscriber to Harbor Happenings and wish to change your name or address, please send the changes via email providing both the new and old information.

To order online, please complete this form.

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Only the items with a check box can be ordered from the CHNEP. All other documents are available as PDF files from this website.

CCMP and CCMP Summary

CCMP 2008: An update to the Program's plan to protect the environment was initiated in 2006. The Program's Management Conference has approved the plan but it is in review by the Florida Clearinghouse before being submitted to Congress and made available as a printed document. Read more about this update process and see a draft plan, by going to CCMP 2008. You may order a copy of the printed plan now and it'll be mailed to you once it is available, probably in July 2008.

Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 2008 Summary

This 20-page publication provides an overview of the Program, including its partnerships throughout the watershed and the plan to protect fish and wildlife habitat, water quality and water flow. It is a summary of the CCMP updated in 2008 described above. April 2008.

CCMP 2000: On February 11, 2000, the Charlotte Harbor Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) was approved by the Program's Management Conference. The development of the Management Plan began in 1995 when Charlotte Harbor was accepted into the National Estuary Program. On April 13, 2000, the program celebrated the adoption of the CCMP during a a signing ceremony. The ceremony celebrated the completion of the management plan and the beginning of its implementation to restore and protect the estuary and its watershed.

Volume 1 Committing To Our Future: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan
Volume 2 Committing To Our Future: Preliminary Action Plans

Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 2000 Summary

This 24-page publication provides an overview of the Program, including its partnerships throughout the watershed and the plan to protect fish and wildlife habitat, water quality and water flow. It is a summary of the CCMP that was approved in 2000. September 2002.

Popular Documents

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Harbor Happenings Newsletter and Calendar

The newsletter provides current information four times a year on Program activities as well as topic and issues of concern in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed. 12 pages/issue. All back issues of the newsletter are posted on this website. New publications, posters, videos, etc. are always mentioned in the newsletter. Since 2005, newsletter subscribers (as of September 30) also receive a copy of the CHNEP calendar in the mail. Because of the expense in mailing the newsletter outside the United States, we ask that those who live outside of the United States retrieve the newsletter as a PDF file from the Program website.

DVD that includes all the PDF files on this website and PowerPoint presentations made at CHNEP events. These items are, of course, available for download one at a time from the website.

The Story of the Greater Charlotte Harbor Watershed

Characterizes the state of the natural systems and major resource management issues throughout the area. Intended to provide an overview of the physical, biological, historical, and economic aspects of the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed. 92 pages. 1998. NOTE: This publication is currently being revised.

Adventures in the Charlotte Harbor Watershed: A Story of Four Animals and Their Neighborhoods

Learn about the environment of southwest Florida through the adventures of four animals: a yellow-crowned night-heron on the Caloosahatchee River, an alligator on the Peace River, an otter on the Myakka River and a mullet in the estuaries. The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program (CHNEP) created this 60-page book to help children better understand the natural environment of southwest Florida.

In April 2008, CHNEP provided approximately 16,000 free copies of the books to the school districts of the seven counties that participate in the CHNEP. The school districts will be giving each third grade student a copy. The book is available free as a PDF file from this website (linked above). Printed books are available for a donation of $8.95 ($14 if mailed) and $5 if a quantity of the books are ordered plus shipping. All proceeds received will help allow the CHNEP make the book available free to the third grade students next school year.

Directory of Existing Environmental Education Program in the Greater Charlotte Harbor Watershed

Provides information on public environmental education programs and providers in the study area. November 1997 version is available as a PDF file. This directory is being updated.

Our Southwest Florida Resources and Economy

This fact sheet provides a one-year snapshot of the economic benefits from current uses of the natural resources in the region. 4 pages. 1999

Videos

The CHNEP has created a number of videos to help viewers better understand issues that affect the natural environment of southwest Florida. The following videos are available on one DVD.

The Network of an Estuary: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program — Clyde Butcher introduces the CHNEP to the viewer and 17 members of the Program's Management Conference tell the value of our local estuaries, the importance of the NEP and issues of concern and actions undertaken by the Program's partners. This video is available as both a 27-minute program and 8-minute program. 2002.
Neighbor-to-Neighbor Florida-Friendly Landscaping — Seventeen neighbors in southwest Florida show how they transformed their diverse properties into beautiful oasis for people and wildlife that conserve precious water resources and reduce pollution but also save time and money. 27-minutes and ten 1-minute videos on right plant-right place, water efficiency, fertilizers, mulch, wildlife, pesticides, recycle, storm water runoff, waterfront property and benefits. 2007.
Series of Short Videos — Six short videos help viewers better understand local estuaries, watersheds, animals, mangroves and seagrasses. Local experts tell the story of these valuable natural resources in five 2-minute videos and a 7.5 minute video that helps beaters understand the importance of seagrasses, how to spot them while boating and how to minimize damage to these valuable plants. 2006.
What’s an Estuary? Now you Know — The National Estuary Programs teamed up to create this fun, fact-filled short video that will leave you knowing smiling and knowing the definition and value of an estuary! 2003..
Keep it Picture Perfect — Clyde Butcher teamed up with Live Oak Productions and the CHNEP to produce a 30-second public service announcement (PSA) to discourage littering. 2002.

Curious Kids Nature Club, March 2007: This DVD captures the entire club website -- videos, teasers, songs, and more -- located at www.WGCU.org.

Estuaries Live 2002 and 2003 (VHS video and curriculum) -- CHNEP participated in the production of two live broadcasts, which are available on VHS.

Visit Pine Island Sound in 2002 and Charlotte Harbor in 2003 during these 60-minute field trips. CHNEP hosted the program with local experts exploring the value and beauty of estuaries, including what makes estuaries in a tropical environment different, the value of estuaries to native Americans, the role of mangroves, seagrasses and other native plants in an estuary, and see some of the creatures — large and small — that can be found in a Florida estuary. Available only as VHS. Curriculum for grades 5-9 is also provided for the 2003 program.

Estuaries Live 2002 video Estuaries Live 2003 video with curriculum*

Posters

Poster: Educational Ecosystem

Artist Shelly Castle depicts the dominant ecosystem types in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed in this beautiful 26 x 39 inch poster. It also includes a drawing of the study area depicting the major basin boundaries. This poster was created to help educate people regarding the biodiversity of plants and animals in this vast area and to portray their interaction with the environment. This poster was reprinted in 2001.

Poster: Osprey Poster

Artist Diane Pierce features a captivating, real-life osprey/river scene in this 24 x 34 inch poster.

Poster: Myakka Canopy Trail #2 by Clyde Butcher

This poster of a hydric hammock is 22 inches wide by 19.5 inches and is suitable for framing.

Poster: Lake Hancock, Where the Peace River Begins by Clyde Butcher

This poster is 17 inches wide by 24 inches and is suitable for framing.

Events

CHNEP is pleased to have held many important events. PDF files of programs, abstracts, workshop summaries and PowerPoint presentations are available for downloading on this website. More details are posted on the Events page.

Grants and Contracts

CHNEP is pleased to have awarded many grants and contracts. Reports from Public Outreach Grants and Research & Restoration Partners Grants are available as PDF files.

Technical Documents: Only technical documents that include supplemental information, such as GIS files, are listed here. All other technical documents developed under contract are available as PDF files from this website. (You can request a DVD by checking the box above that includes all the PDF files on this website and PowerPoint presentations made at CHNEP events.)

Water quality data analysis and reports 2007 and 2003

This report updates the 2003 water quality status and trends analyses, including trends analysis reporting trends in water quality by region, by station and by surface/bottom depth for each water quality analyte for two different time periods. It also evaluates the data for trends in rainfall and hydrologic changes and analyses data collected by the Coastal Charlotte Harbor Monitoring Network, an interagency monitoring program that collects monthly water quality data for the 270 square mile coastal Charlotte Harbor region. This Network uses a probabilistic sampling design to monitor such a large area. The CD includes a database of all surface and groundwater quality, precipitation and streamflow data used in the report, GIS files and results of the thousands of analyses, as well as a report validating the optical model used in the CHNEP water quality targets. July 2007.

Mapping the characteristics and condition of the Charlotte Harbor coastal shoreline

This project developed a shoreline condition map for the coastal areas within the CHNEP boundary. A twofold program was developed to address both large- and small-scale shoreline conditions: a volunteer boater survey and photointerpretation mapping. Volunteers attended a luncheon November 17, 2007, where they heard presentations and received a draft report. The draft report and presentations are available from the website. Only information developed as part one of this two-part project is available. Completion of part two is planned for summer of 2008 and will include GIS files.

Historic coastal benthic habitat map (No files on this project are posted on this website.)

This joint CHNEP, Southwest and South Florida water management districts project mapped historic seagrass, oyster bar and intertidal unvegetated areal extent in the coastal Charlotte Harbor region. Photo Science Inc. located 1948 photos of Sarasota County, 1951–1952 images of Charlotte County and 1953 images of Lee County from the National Archives. These black and white images were scanned, orthorectified, aeriotriangulated and mosaiked into a GIS-based product. The images were then interpreted using Florida FLUCCS codes. The CD includes the geodatabase of historic coastal benthic habitats, including metadata describing the methods used and a bay-by-bay segment data table listing habitat acreages by FLUCCS code. November 2007.

Assessment of Boat Propeller Scar Damage within the Greater Charlotte Harbor Region

This cooperative effort between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and the CHNEP updates the 1995 state-wide effort to assess the extent, location and severity of boat propeller scars for the coastal Charlotte Harbor area, including parts of Sarasota County (Sargent et al 1995). This CD/DVD contains the final report, the report Scarring of Florida’s Seagrasses: Assessment and Management Options by Sargent, F.J., W.B. Sargent, T.J. Leary, D.W. Crewz, and C.R. Kruer written in 1995 for the Florida Marine Research Institute, scanned, georeferenced and mosaicked aerial photos used for the 1999 seagrass maps by South and Southwest Florida water management districts, GIS files, overflight photography and the seagrass toolkit created by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Analysis of hydrologic conditions within the CHNEP study area (No files on this project are posted on this website.)

This report describes existing information on hydrologic conditions and spatial and temporal analyses of groundwater levels within the CHNEP study area and implications to surface flows. The CD includes the report and appendices, GIS data for locations of monitoring sites, a database of compiled groundwater level and surface flow and stage data as well as the results of thousands of analyses of these data. December 2005.

Benthic invertebrate species richness and diversity at different habitats in the greater Charlotte Harbor system

This project, conducted by Mote Marine Laboratory on behalf of CHNEP, includes the 232-page Benthic Invertebrate Species Richness and Diversity at Different Habitats in the Greater Charlotte Harbor System, a 28-page supplement, Common Macrobenthic Invertebrates of Charlotte Harbor that illustrates some of the common species. Both documents include hyperlinks to Internet sources for additional information. The CD contains these two reports, raw data, data from similar studies, images, maps and geographic information system (GIS) files.

The results of the project illustrate that, in general, the upper estuary, lower salinity regions exhibit the greatest abundance of organisms but have a lower overall species diversity. This relationship is a paradigm of estuarine ecology. Fresh water brings nutrients and organic matter into the sea via the mixing zone known as the estuary.

CHNEP offers information to help you better understand and protect the natural environment of southwest Florida

Thank you for your interest in greater Charlotte Harbor estuaries and watersheds!

Revised: May 08, 2008

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