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Harbor Happenings 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. The 2007 calendar will be mailed to each person who subscribes to the newsletter by September 30, 2006.

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 of the program website.

Publication: Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 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 two-volume CCMP described above. September 2002.

Video: The Network of an Estuary: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

This video is available as a VHS and DVD.

Clyde Butcher introduces the program 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 27-minute broadcast quality video is available for broadcast (contact Maran Hilgendorf at mhilgendorf@swfrpc.org for more details) or for showing on a VCR. An 8-minute VHS version  is also available for showings at events.

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.

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.

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 revised 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.

CD: PowerPoint Presentations of Watershed Summit 2002

This CD includes the Power Point presentations used during many of the presentations made at the Charlotte Harbor Watershed Summit on February 7-9, 2002.

Charlotte Harbor Watershed Summit 2005: Lessons Learned in Transferring Science to Watershed Management

This CD is a compilation of PowerPoint presentations and other material from the triennial 2005 Charlotte Harbor Watershed Summit. This CD-Rom contains the following:

1.   Introduction

2.   Dedication

3.   Acknowledgements

4.   Myakka River Watershed Workshop Agenda

5.   2005 Charlotte Harbor Watershed Summit Agenda

6.   Abstracts for presentations of the 2005 Charlotte Harbor Watershed Summit

7.   Sponsors for the Conference

8.   Presentations for each day of the conference within 4 file folders:

a.   Monday, February 14, 2005: This folder has PowerPoint presentations, a compilation of the major points of the afternoon’s audience discussion, a timeline for the Myakka River watershed and paper of the hydrologic impacts for the Myakka watershed by Steve Suau;

b.   Tuesday, February 15, 2005: PowerPoint presentations;

c.   Wednesday, February 16, 2005: PowerPoint presentations; and

d.   Thursday, February 17, 2005: PowerPoint presentation

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 Charlotte Harbor NEP 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). A PDF of the final document is available (the file is linked to the title above) and a CD/DVD can be ordered by checking this box . The CD/DVD contains the following:

1.  Final Report Document CHNEP_FWRI

a.   Introduction

b.   Methods

c.   Results and Discussion

d.   List of Project Deliverables

e.   Literature Cited

f.    Tables and Figures

2.   Seagrass Managers Toolkit: This is a website link to FWRI’s document listing methods for protecting and restoring Florida’s seagrass resources

3.  1995 FWRI Report: Executive Summary and full report of Sargent, F.J., W.B. Sargent, T.J. Leary, D.W. Crewz, and C.R. Kruer, 1995. Scarring of Florida’s Seagrasses: Assessment and Management Options, Florida Marine Research Institute Technical Report TR-1. St. Petersburg, Florida.

4.  CHNEP_imagery_mosaic: scanned, georeferenced and mosaicked aerial photos used for the 1999 seagrass maps by South and Southwest Florida Water Management Districts. Imagery is for background only.

5.  GIS files

6.  Overflight Photography

7.  FKNMS Seagrass Toolkit 2005: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Seagrass Toolkit provided by the Sanctuary’s Education and Outreach Coordinator, Mary Tagliareni. This folder has kid’s activities, PowerPoint presentations, photos, videos and other informative material on seagrass and boat propeller scars. For information on any of the items in this folder, please contact the Sanctuary at 305-852-7717 or http://floridakeys.noaa.gov

Proceedings of the Water Budget and Modeling Workshops

This CD is a compilation of PowerPoint presentations and other material from the triennial 2004 Water Budget and Modeling Workshops. This CD-Rom contains the following:

1.  Acknowledgements

2.  Modeling Workshop Agenda

3.  Water Budget Workshop Agenda

4.  Abstracts for presentations of the Water Budget Workshop

5.  Water Budget and Modeling Workshops Summary Document

6.  Presentations for each day of the conference within 4 file folders:

a.   May 11, 2004: Water Budget Workshop presentations

b.   May 12, 2004: Water Budget Workshop presentations and

c.   May 13, 2004: Modeling Workshop presentations.

CD: Water Quality Data Analysis and Report for the Charlotte Harbor NEP: This report allows assessment of the status and trends of water quality conditions in the Program study area by providing data sets for surface and ground water quality, hydrology and rainfall as well as analysis of temporal variations (changes and trends) and analysis of existing water quality conditions. The CD includes many reports and data sets. August 2003.

CD: Proceedings of the Wetland Mitigation on Clay Settling Areas Technical Workshop: On November 12-13, 2002 a workshop was held to discuss in detail the appropriateness of wetland mitigation on clay settling areas (CSAs). This CD includes a summary of the workshop as well as the agenda, acknowledgments and PowerPoint presentations. June 2003.