Lisa B' Beever, PhD, AICP

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Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

• Lisa B. Beever, PhD, AICP
• October 5, 2006
• Keeping the Peace, A Peace River Watershed
  Management Conference

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National Estuary Programs
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• Jurisdiction
• 7 Counties
• NEP signatories
• 7 Counties,
• 7 Cities,
• 2 RPCs,
• 2 WMD,
• 3 State Agencies,
• EPA

FMRI, 2001
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Management Conference
Policy Committee Elected Officials and Agency
Policy Makers
Management Committee Resource Managers
                                             
Budget
Citizens Adv. Committee Citizens and agency
Public Outreach Specialists
Technical Adv. Committee Scientists, Engineers,
and Planners
Water Quality Quantity Objective (WQQOS)
Habitat Conservation (HCS)
Hydrologic Alterations (HAS)
RRPP Review

Charlotte Harbor Regional Ambient Monitoring
Program (CH-RAMP)
Standing Rules Membership
Nominating
Environmental Indicators
Mini-grant Review
Workplan Progress Proposal
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Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan
(CCMP)

• Long-range plan
• 20-year horizon
• Developed 1996-2000
• EPA approve June 2001
• Priority Problems
• Water Quality Degradation
• Hydrologic Alteration
• Habitat Loss
• Stewardship Gaps

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CCMP
Report
Data Access design to take disparate seagrass
transect data to answer questions
State of Harbor
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Catherine Corbett, CHNEP
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Catherine Corbett, CHNEP
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Catherine Corbett, CHNEP
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Bob Howard, EPA
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Source Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center
Watershed Resource Center
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Freshwater Flows Timing

• Seagrasses
• Sea Trout
• Juvenile Fish
• Blue Crabs
• Fish Abundance
• Benthic Invertebrates
• Clam Industry
• Tourism
• Shells
• Swimming
• Economic Growth

Mangrove Tunicate, IFAS
Common Octopus, Richard Lord
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Primary Issues

• Water Quality
• Hydrologic Alterations
• Fish and Wildlife Habitat

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Green- Agriculture
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Nutrients
Dissolved Oxygen
Coliform
Mercury
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Water Quality Status and Trends Period of
Record-2000
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Water Quality Status and Trends Update
ETA-2007 Period of Record-2005
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Total Phosphorous December 2005
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Total Nitrogen December 2005
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How do we Implement the CCMP?

• Research
• Restoration
• Legislation
• Public Outreach

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Grants

• Research and Restoration Partner Projects
• 20,000 per project partner
• At least 50 match
• Annual application
• Public Outreach Grants
• 3,000
• no match
• Annual application
• Micro-Grants
• 250
• No match requirement
• Informal requests through the year

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Contracted Research

• Analysis for entire
• Study Area

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• Habitat Change Analysis

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• Groundwater Status
• and Trends

Upper Peace River 2002
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Public OutreachPeace River Environmental
Educators Network
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National Estuary DayPeace River Ecofest
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RestorationBy Partners
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City of Auburndale

• Allred Wastewater Treatment Plant Water Reuse
  (HA-D)
• Auburndale Trails (FW-I/T)

Shirley A. Lowrance, Finance Director / City Clerk
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City of Eagle Lake

• Eagle Lake Beach Project (FW-I/T)
• Eagle Lake Mistletoe Marketplace Butterfly Garden
  (FW-I/T)

Lois Bough, City Clerk
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City of Fort Meade

• Upper Peace River-Educational and Interpretive
  Kayak Programs (FW-B/P)
• Fort Meade Stormwater Utility (HA-F)

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City of Lake Alfred

• Lake Alfred Wastewater Reuse and Orange Grove
  (HA-D)
• Stormwater Management Program (HA-F)

Janice Shockley, City Clerk
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City of Lakeland

• Stormwater Utility (WQ-N)
• Lake Bonny
• Lake Gibson
• Lake Hollingsworth
• Lake Mirror
• Lake Morton,
• Lake Parker
• Includes tributary swamp restoration, alum
  treatment, treatment wetlands
• Lake Mirror Park expansion (FW-S)

Yuriko Whiddon, Finance Department
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City of Winter Haven

• Lake Howard Project (WQ-E/M)
• Lakes Management Program
• Lake Connie
• Lake Hartridge
• Lake Lulu
• Lake May
• Lake Spring

Mary Zried, Budget Analyst
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Charlotte Harbor National Estuary
Program Director Lisa B. Beever, PhD,
AICP Senior Scientist Catherine
Corbett Communications Manager Maran
Hilgendorf Grants and Contracts Manager Liz
Donley 1926 Victoria Ave, Fort Myers FL
33901-3414 239/338-2556, Toll free
866/835-5785 Fax [phone], chnep_at_swfrpc.org
www.CHNEP.org