Podcasts about everglades restoration

The Florida Everglades, a vast subtropical wilderness and a World Heritage Site, is home to over 1.5 million acres of mangrove forests, the largest continuous sea grass meadow on earth, the oldest cypress trees on the planet, and over 350 different animal species. However, the Everglades have faced challenges due to development pressures and invasive species. The Everglades Foundation has been committed to restoring and protecting the Everglades for over 30 years. The foundation is currently working on the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, the largest ecosystem restoration project in the world, which aims to reconnect Lake Okeechobee water down to the Florida Keys. The foundation encourages people to get involved in the restoration efforts and to visit the Everglades to understand its importance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the South Florida Roundup, we close out 2023 by looking at how tough the year was for South Florida's most critical commodity: its environment. And that includes the Everglades, whose revival feels dangerously dormant (01:03). We also examine the face and the future of the Palestinians, both in Gaza and here, amid the brutal Israel-Hamas war (17:58). And we discuss new polls that suggest President Biden and the Democrats are in more trouble with Latino voters next year than they thought (34:00).

For those of you who don't know, Florida is dealing with a massive problem. To simply put it, our state and natural ecosystem is dying. Our water quality is suffering and the Everglades in itself is becoming completely altered. For this round of discussion, I am joined by Thomas Oates, Diamond Bergeron and Mike Elfenbein. Three stakeholders extremely passionate about the Everglades and fighting daily to preserve our land and water. This episode outlines some of the problems, plans and results surrounding our ecosystem. Unfortunately, we have no easy answers but will continue to push awareness, education and involvement. Connected By Water continues our work of giving a voice to those who the fight for clean water, conservation and preservation of our beautiful Florida.   #connectedbywater #papaspilar #neveraspectator #starbrite #dogooder #waypointpodcasts #igfa #papasrawbar #fishing #fishingpodcast #floridapodcast #cleanwater #coastalconservation @papaspilar @starbrite_com @dennisfrielart @spotify  @youtube @applepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week begins a month of habitat/conservation podcasts as a celebration of Earth Month. We start the series off with Steve Davis [43:25], Chief Science Officer for the Everglades Foundation, and instead of talking about the boring aspects of Everglades Restoration like funding and politics we're delving deep into the science of how the water will be stored and cleaned, which plants aid in the cleanup, and how this process will aid in more fresh water to Florida Bay and the Everglades, and less polluted fresh water to estuaries on both coasts of Florida. We'll also talk about immediate benefits, but also how it will take seven years to completely fill the reservoir. And yes, we will talk about fly fishing topics this month in the Fly Box. This week we have some great tips and questions, including: I have a 5-weight, 6-weight, and 10-weight rod for fishing in the Mississippi. I may be catching fish up to 20 pounds. Do you think an 8-weight will handle them? Three great tips from a listener on fishing from a canoe. Is there a database where I can plug in the fly-tying materials I have and have it tell me what fly patterns I can tie? What flies can I use India hen backs on? I have trouble with my back cast hitting the water when I wade waist deep. How can I correct this problem?  I have been stumped by fish rising once and then not rising again for a long time. What are these fish doing and how can I target them?  What are your thoughts on intermediate lines for tarpon? Should I get tarpon flies in bigger hooks like 3/0 to 5/0? Will a bit of bucktail under my pine squirrel streamers help to keep them from fouling?  A listener asked a bunch of specific fishing questions to a chat bot for a trip he was going to take to Grand Lake Stream in Maine and asked me to critique the answers he received. How should I kill and keep the occasional stocked fish I want to eat? If you see a nymph in the water that you want to imitate, how would you go about creating a pattern to match it? Are hooks trending to shorter shanks and wider gaps? Is this a good thing?

Leadership and vision are essential to implementing Engineering With Nature to create landscape-scale climate resilience. We're focusing on leadership and EWN in conversations with two inspirational USACE Division leaders – Colonel (P) Antoinette Gant, Commander, and Division Engineer of the South Pacific Division (SPD), and Brigadier General Jason Kelly, Commander of the South Atlantic Division (SAD).    In Episode 7, Host Sarah Thorne and Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program are talking with BG Kelly about the challenges facing the South Atlantic Division. From restoration in the Everglades, to deepening the Charleston Harbor, to ongoing flood control initiatives, to disaster preparedness, we're talking about the leadership needed to address landscape-scale challenges in innovative ways and how Engineering With Nature is an important part of infrastructure solutions.    With an education in mathematics and statistics from Georgia Tech, BG Kelly spent the first 20 years of his career as “time in a formation with a rifle and a pistol” leading men and women as soldiers. When he took command of the Norfolk District in 2015, he was unsure if he would be as excited about navigation, recreation, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and regulatory permitting as he had been about preparing soldiers for combat, but he found that he was: “I'm curious by nature, so, this job certainly fits the bill. I come into work every day and have the opportunity to engage subject matter experts, folks that know more—have forgotten more—than I'll learn during my tenure as the Division Commander in SAD. We're all committed. We're all trying to deliver for the nation.” He is driven by curiosity, a desire to collaborate, and a personal quest to become a better communicator: “I strive to better communicate as an ambassador for the great work that's happening in my organization. I'm excited about what we're doing.”   The South Atlantic Division faces many challenges—and opportunities—from hurricanes and impacts from climate change, to moving populations, and a range of issues related to aging infrastructure. The USACE is leading innovation to deliver 21st century engineering and infrastructure solutions that leverage EWN to solve problems and create value. From BG Kelly's perspective, leadership is critical: “I think it's important that the senior most members of our organization lean in. As the senior leader in the South Atlantic Division, I am afforded the opportunity to know the EWN solutions that are available, but that's not always the case for some of the practitioners in the districts. I think it's important that the senior-most leaders get active, specifically with my position as a Major Subordinate Commander, sitting at the nexus of execution in the districts and policy in Washington, DC – rules and tools – trying to make all of that come together so we can do some collateral good. I don't think it happens without that nudge from leaders. Leadership matters.”   Todd agrees: “Hearing leaders talk about, communicate, and message about EWN and innovative approaches, is so important for the vertical team within the Corps, but also to our sponsors and stakeholders and those that we're building things for. They need to hear us talk about what we're trying to do and how we're going to achieve it.”   BG Kelly notes that strengthening communication is being strongly promoted by the Honorable Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works as one of his ‘lines of effort', along with other factors that directly relate to EWN: “His insistence that we strengthen communications and relationships to solve water resource challenges, is front and center. I try to do that from my perch in Atlanta. His insistence that we modernize our Civil Works programs to better serve the needs of disadvantaged communities means ‘full contact.' We've got to get out and be talking and be active to understand people's needs. His ask that we build innovative climate resilient infrastructure to protect communities and ecosystems brings us right into this space of EWN and incorporating natural and nature-based features. Figuring out how to make these priorities part of all that we're doing is something I'm excited about. Those lines of effort are from our most senior leaders. And they are essential to solving the water resource challenges faced by the USACE.”    SAD's Civil Works program is diverse. It includes commercial navigation, flood and storm damage risk reduction, and ecosystem restoration for ports, navigation channels, and waterways in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. As BG Kelly notes, “These are places that are critical to our economy, places that are consistently and persistently in the news. Everything we do matters.” He relates a string of challenges, from disaster response in Puerto Rico to Everglades Restoration, to the rebuilding of Tyndall Air Force Base (see EWN Podcast S1E3), to projects in the ports of Savannah, Mobile, Charleston, and Miami, in response to climate change and resilience. “It's an exciting time. We have some complex challenges, and we've got talented folks. Each day, I say thank you for our success—we're winning. But when I say thank you, I'm asking for more. I've got another problem that I need my team to take on. For me, the reality is that we've got more work than time, and time is absolutely not on our side. But I'll tell you, SAD is game.”   As Todd notes, “The Division is waging a different kind of battle that is relevant to our discussion of EWN—from the 20th century engineering approach of trying to conquer nature, to now trying to embrace nature—essentially partnering with nature—by applying EWN principles and natural and nature-based solutions to create infrastructure solutions that enhance community resilience and diversify value. BG Kelly agrees: “I think we've got to reframe our thinking to solve these complex challenges—think about how we can, and quite frankly, should be partnering with nature. One of the things I struggle with is our plan formulation. Our processes don't always lend themselves to that solution set. I think what Mr. Connor has asked us to do in modernizing our Civil Works program is to figure out how to make sure we're valuing these solutions. We have to think through cost sharing requirements for non-structural natural and nature-based features that would encourage communities to do some things differently. It will also encourage our engineers to think about those solutions in a different way.”   Project decision making in USACE is changing. As BG Kelly notes, “I've engaged key stakeholders to alert them that the Army Corps of Engineers is not wedded to only concrete and steel. As a leader I'm trying to telegraph my thinking that we're going to make the decisions that consider natural and nature-based features—ways that we partner with nature. Everything is on the table to solve the challenge.” Todd adds that the USACE Chief of Engineers, Lieutenant General Spellmon, uses an image of the USACE logo as a Castle where the drawbridge is down and the windows are open: “I think that imagery is so good because we need to open up as an organization so that we can co-develop solutions with our partners and with our communities. Some of us are going to be interested in the numbers and the math, and some of us are going to be interested in the bugs and the bunnies. But we can come together in an open process of co-developing solutions.” BG Kelly agrees, noting the diverse group of stakeholders who are impacted by Corps' decisions: “Collaboration is a very key ingredient. We're talking about America's water resources, rivers, wetlands, inland and coastal waterways and billions of dollars in recreation and commerce. I think you have to let everyone under the tent and when we are making decisions, when we're trying to think about these competing alternatives. I'm an advocate for all things being considered and letting that be our point of origin as we move forward. With this approach, I think we'll get some good outcomes.”   Todd agrees: “It's a positive time within the Corps, with LTG Spellmon and Mr. Connor's leadership, and yours, BG Kelly. With the organization, the potential, and the strong program the Corps has, we must embrace the idea of delivering projects and innovating at the same time to be the organization that we need to be today, as well as in the future.” A great example is the South Atlantic Coastal Study. It is the largest coastal risk assessment ever conducted by the Corps. According to BG Kelly, it covers more than 60,000 miles of shoreline, six states, and two territories: “It's just a mammoth undertaking and a great example of our goal to maximize the use of research and development, while promoting community resilience through partnering. It's a great illustration of our effort to overcome those institutional barriers that I mentioned and adapt to climate change and sea level rise in our quest to better partner with nature.”  Leadership is critical, and it is evolving. As Todd concludes, “BG Kelly, you're bringing people with you, you're not directing them. As you know, you don't really get effective change through exceptional force. You're describing a kind of social leadership. That's what we need to make progress as the Corps of Engineers, and progress with our partners, for the benefit of our communities. I think the future of Engineering With Nature in the South Atlantic Division is bright, bright, bright.”  Related Links EWN Website ERDC Website Todd Bridges at EWN Todd Bridges at LinkedIn General Kelly at USACE South Atlantic Division General Kelly at LinkedIn USACE South Atlantic Division Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works EWN Podcast S1E3: Using Natural Infrastructure to Increase Resilience for Military Installations Everglades Restoration Projects Restoring America's Everglades Charleston Harbor Navigation Projects Tyndall AFB Reconstruction South Atlantic Coastal Study

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/270 The purpose of this episode is to raise your awareness about the Everglades in Florida issue - how our actions contribute to the problem and how restoring it would benefit us in the long run. More than 8 million people rely on the Everglades for drinking water. It supports multi-billion dollar economies of agriculture, recreation, and tourism in South Florida. The Everglades is home to two Native American tribes and contains a diverse array of habitats, ranging from coral reefs and brackish estuaries offshore to sawgrass prairies and cypress swamps inland. Everglades in Florida Show Notes with Steve Davis 2:50 - Steve has been working as a scientist in the Everglades Foundation around Florida Bay since 1995 4:15 - According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, about 60% of the wetlands have been lost throughout the country (USA) - while in Europe, about 90% have been lost as a result of wetlands development 5:14 - Steve explains the importance of the wetlands, their role in the ecosystem, and why we need to protect them 7:22 - An overview of the problem and how the Everglades Foundation is addressing it 9:22 - How restoring the quality and the quantity of the waters benefit the variety of species that live there - many of which are an essential part of the food chain 11:24 - The things that hold back the Everglades Foundation movement and the things that are keeping them from meeting their goals - #1 is funding 12:01 Everglades restoration is a state-federal partnership and it's a 50/50 cost-share for a roughly 16 billion USD program - the largest ecosystem restoration program in the world 12:40 - The Kissimmee River restoration is one of the Everglades projects that had huge success recently  13:35 - One of the most important projects is the Everglades reservoir (south of Okeechobee Lake) which is in the early stage of construction and is one of their key projects - it's a 2 billion dollar reservoir that gets clean water flowing south 14:50 - The Everglades Restoration Story Map 16:50 - In 2015, there was a massive seagrass die-off event in Florida bay with roughly 50,000 acres of seagrass died off in some of the most prime fishing habitats in the backcountry, Everglades National Park 17:40 - The Everglades restoration effort started when the first seagrass die-off with great magnitude happened in Florida Bay in the late 80s and early 90s and it was larger than the ones that happened in 2015 - it led to about 10 years of blue-green algae blooms in Florida Bay which decimated the fishing industries 22:20 - Blue-green Algaes are microscopic plants that are the result of human activities - they can grow so densely and block out the sunlight for the living things under the water like seagrass 24:40 - Once these organisms (algae) start to flourish, they can release toxins out into the water and are detrimental to fish, vertebrates, marine mammals, sea turtles, and are potentially lethal to human beings 25:30 - Education is the key - when people understand the significance of the issue, they can learn some of the most prudent actions 28:18 - What the farmers can do to help reduce pollution 29:49 - Captains for Clean Waters is an organization started by 2 guys that got fed up with how people are polluting our waters - they're on a mission to raise awareness and advance science-based solutions, to solve Florida's water mismanagement and secure the health of our water resources, protecting our way of life for future generations 31:48 - Lake Okeechobee is the heart of the Central Everglades - the historical gatekeeper between the watershed from the north and the Southern Everglades and Florida Bay to its south 39:21 - There are signs that the Everglades Restoration can be completed within the next 10 to 15 years (depending on funding) 40:00 - Urban Development Boundary is one of the issues that the organization is dealing with 44:38 - What Steve recommends us to experience when we visit Florida 49:09 - The Lake of Okeechobee System Operating Manual is the new plan that will help cut discharge to both coasts and will allow more water to flow south in the Everglades Everglades in Florida Conclusion with Steve Davis Today, we discussed the problem with the Everglades - how our actions greatly contribute to the problem and how we can help restore it. What will you do differently now that you are aware of the Everglades' status? Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/270

In this episode of The Guide Post, Tony is joined by Capt. Benny Blanco, Florida fishing guide, clean water activist, and host of Guiding Flow TV, and Capt. Cody Rubner, fishing guide and marketing professional, to discuss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of us to save America's Everglades National Park.The crew chat about the Captains For Clean Water organization, how the Guiding Flow TV show began, a culture shift currently underway in the industry and more.Do your part to save the Everglades. Click here to learn more.This podcast is presented by Costa Sunglasses.Follow ASGA on Social to stay up to date on current events!Instagram = @SaltwaterGuidesAssociationFacebook = American Saltwater Guides Association

In this video, Capt. Mike tells us about the importance of Captains For Clean Water for Everglades Restoration. This is something all boaters and fishers should watch and learn about. Heck, anyone that cares about earth should watch this. Yes, that means YOU! ;) https://captainsforcleanwater.org https://captainsforcleanwater.org/skiff-challenge https://www.facebook.com/FloridaSkiffChallenge/ https://www.facebook.com/CaptainsForCleanWater #captainsforcleanwater #boaters #florida #water

Listen on Spotify * Apple Podcasts * iHeartRadio * Pandora * Amazon Podcasts When Nate and Emily are away . . . Well, that means imminent disaster, with Travis left alone at the podcast!  Quick hits on Mosaic (the Piney Point Spill), Everglades Restoration, the Indian River Lagoon, Turkeys, Live Show potential, and more! Here’s the link to Dan Daniels’ Rio de Ais piece on the Indian River . . . Go to Patreon and become a friend of the show OFFICIALLY here! E-mail Fletcher with Hallett Insurance to get your quote! Double the “L’s” and Double the “T’s” Follow Cast and Blast Florida: Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – Website Want to experience a world class duck hunt or fishing charter? E-mail Travis to book today . . . Connect with the gang on social media: Travis Thompson – @travisthompson – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Nathan Henderson – @nhenderson77 – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Emily Thompson – @lovedaloca – Instagram

Listen on Spotify * Apple Podcasts * iHeartRadio * Pandora * Amazon Podcasts When Nate and Emily are away . . . Well, that means imminent disaster, with Travis left alone at the podcast!  Quick hits on Mosaic (the Piney Point Spill), Everglades Restoration, the Indian River Lagoon, Turkeys, Live Show potential, and more! Here’s the link to Dan Daniels’ Rio de Ais piece on the Indian River . . . Go to Patreon and become a friend of the show OFFICIALLY here! E-mail Fletcher with Hallett Insurance to get your quote! Double the “L’s” and Double the “T’s” Follow Cast and Blast Florida: Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – Website Want to experience a world class duck hunt or fishing charter? E-mail Travis to book today . . . Connect with the gang on social media: Travis Thompson – @travisthompson – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Nathan Henderson – @nhenderson77 – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Emily Thompson – @lovedaloca – Instagram

The Trump administration and the environment. Plus how COVID-19 is impacting 9/11 first responders. And an adorable dog that parents and students in Miami-Dade got to know for all the wrong reasons.

The Savings Clause.  WRDA.  Lake Levels.  LOSOM. LORS. Everglades Restoration. What does all of it mean? This week, we give our takes on the things you hear so much about on a recurring basis from so many of the non-profits – we’re not experts, but we try to take an inquisitive and thoughtful approach to what’s going on with Florida’s most precious resource . . . Go to Patreon and become a friend of the show OFFICIALLY here! E-mail Fletcher with Hallett Insurance to get your quote! Check out Two Fish Creative for your software solutions Follow Cast and Blast Florida: Instagram – Twitter – Facebook – Website Want to experience a world class duck hunt or fishing charter? E-mail Travis to book today . . . Connect with the gang on social media: Travis Thompson – @travisthompson – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Nathan Henderson – @nhenderson77 – Instagram – Twitter – Facebook Emily Thompson – @lovedaloca – Instagram

Max Chao talks to Lisa Interlandi of the Everglades Law Center and Curtis Morgan of the Miami Herald about current initiatives to protect, preserve, and restore the Florida Everglades.

Description: In episode 11.5 Danielle speaks with Everglades National Park volunteer and naturalist Carmen Ferreiro about the Everglades ecosystem and the biodiversityfound in this rich and fragile environment. Discussion includes the following: · Volunteering at the park (1:55) · Ecosystem and biodiversity of Everglades (4:30) · Threats to the Everglades (6:44) · Alligators and crocodiles are indicator animals for health of ecosystem (8:45) · Wildlife often overlooked by visitors (12:48) · Pine Rocklands (15:05) · Hardwood Hammock (16:10) · Alligator Holes in slough areas (18:28) · Elusive Florida Panther (19:23) · Favorite areas of park to view wildlife (20:58) · Plume trade of late 1800’s (22:05) · Bird watching in the Everglades (23:59) · Plants of the Everglades (29:15) · Photography as a learning tool (33:38) · Dead whales and manatees found dead (36:36) · Roseate Spoonbill (40:50) · Carmen’s favorite experience at Everglades National Park (43:46) Resources: Everglades: Animals Carmen Ferreiro Naturalist Photography Monitoring American Alligators and American Crocodiles as Indicators of Everglades Restoration Long Pine Key Trails Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Florida Panther  Actions Subscribe to our podcast from our website https://www.everybodysnationalparks.com/ Tell your friends about Everybody’s National Parks Support us on Patreon Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook   Please tag us from the parks you are visiting at #everybodysnationalparks

Rachael: For years, the Everglades Agricultural Area has drawn much controversy over the environmental concerns regarding water quality in South Florida. Stuck in the middle of that controversy is agriculture. Florida Farm Bureau’s Gary Ritter shares some of the challenges that farmers and ranchers are facing in the EAA. Gary: “The challenges today’s EAA farmers and ranchers face are linked hand in hand to the storied history of the Everglades, their partnership in Everglades Restoration and population growth.   This all started back in 1994 Florida Passed the Everglades Forever Act mandating EAA farmers meet a 25% reduction in phosphorus through the implementation of on-farm BMPs.  For the past 25 years, EAA farmers have met or exceeded their 25% reduction goal averaging 55% reductions during that time period and this past year a 70% reduction.   Rachael: What are some of the techniques that farmers and ranchers have in place to help in the Everglades Restoration? Gary: Farmers use Best Management Practices in three categories: Water Management, Nutrient Management and Sediment Controls.  Let’s take a look at all three.   Water conservation and management practices are implemented to retain runoff by optimizing on-site storage, based on rainfall levels.    Nutrient management through soil testing includes uniform applications of fertilizer with soil amendments at the plant root zones while maintaining setbacks from waterways.   Sediment controls reduce erosion of canal banks and swales by maintaining vegetative buffers.    In addition crop rotations and rice production has helped improve soil loss in the EAA area.   Rachael: Gary helps dispel some of the myths regarding the phosphorus levels of the Everglades.   Gary: The myths are generally from a misinformed public that believes water from EAA farms is back-pumped into Lake Okeechobee and somehow winds up in the coastal estuaries.   Actually, farmers in the EAA treat water from Lake Okeechobee sending it south into the water conservation areas.    Rachael: How important is it to understand other contributors to the health of the Everglades?   Gary: Farmers have been a partner in the restoration effort for decades.  However, success truly means all of south Florida has to be united and engaged with our farmers…this means citizens and industry along with the state of Florida and the Federal Government.”  

Let’s start with what we’re losing:

Let’s start with what we’re losing: One of the most biologically diverse places on Earth, from sawgrass to cypress trees, apple snails to alligators. The historic home of Florida’s Miccosukee and Seminole tribes. A national park. The ecosystem that ensures fresh drinking water for more than 8 million Floridians. Everglades advocate Marjory Stoneman Douglas talked about all this in an interview in 1983. “It was a marvelous expanse of flat green land with its strangeness and its openness and its birds,” she said. “So utterly unique, you see. There is nothing like it anywhere else in the world.” More than 30 years later, Wayne Rassner stands knee-deep in a pool of water in a cypress dome in Everglades National Park. He’s a volunteer guide, a canoeing enthusiast and the head of the South Florida National Parks Trust. He takes people into the park so they can learn about the challenges the Everglades face. And so they can see its beauty firsthand. “We don’t have a giant waterfall or an

Social media has made an unprecedented influence on the 2016 presidential election and is now considered a crucial part of a campaign. On Trimmel Gomes’ latest episode of The Rotunda, a discussion about the influence of social media in politics with former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos who is currently boosting his presence on social platforms as many to speculate that me might possibly run for office. Gomes also explores the status of Florida’s Everglades Restoration plans with environmental attorney Maribel Nicholson-Choice with Greenberg Traurig and Ernie Barnett, the Executive Director of the Florida Land Council. The Rotunda podcast is available each Monday via iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud. Follow on @RotundaPodcast on Twitter and visit www.rotundapodcast.com for daily updates.

     Stephanie M. Landing is the Vice President for Construction/Environmental at A. Harold and Associates, LLC.  She is responsible for profit and loss for the multi-million dollar division and the Joint Venture effort focused on Base Operating Support projects.  With 10 years project management experience and 5 years focused on Federal Government contracts, she ensures the construction division is running efficiently by overseeing operations, staffing, business development opportunities and coordinates proposal team efforts.   She started with A. Harold and Associates, LLC as a project manager for the USACE with project oversight for the $50 million Everglades Restoration project. Stephanie is also founding Executive Director of the Florida 8(a) Alliance. She has over seven years of project and grant management experience and brings to the role her non-profit experience as a previous Grants Manager for the National Park Foundation with responsibility for manaing a number of grants awarded from $10 to $29 million over 3 years.  In her role as Executive Director of the Florida 8(a) Alliance, she ensures that program activities and operations are following standard processes and that quality services are delivered to the small business community. She coordinates the webinar series, training sessions, newsletter, web portal and conference planning and works closely with external stakeholders for delivery of success programs.   She holds a B.S. in Biology from Dickinson College and an M.S. in  Environmental Science & Policy from the John Hopkins University. Contact: smarquardt@florida8a.org Register for the Annual Florida 8(a) Conference  

The Everglades are the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the lower 48 states. They contain both fresh and saltwater areas, open prairies, pine rocklands, tropical hardwood forests, offshore coral reefs, and mangrove forests. The broad spectrum of wildlife living in the Everglades includes aquatic birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, of which 56 species are endangered or threatened. Twenty-two of these species reside in two National Parks, four National Wildlife Refuges, and one National Marine Sanctuary, which together draw 1.6 million visitors every year. Join us for a discussion about how conservation efforts in the United States have impacted the Everglades.

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