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Bay Mini-Grants
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| Crystal Springs Foundation, Inc. Source to the Sea and Me |
$4,600.00 |
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Grant funds will develop a science program for 200 middle school aged home-schooled students and their families. Students will learn about the link between the Hillsborough River and the Bay; how pollution impacts the river and what they can do to protect it. Students will also use GPS units to collect data and participate in a hands-on restoration project. | |
| Hillsborough River Watershed Alliance Watershed Education Outreach Program |
$2,000.00 |
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Partial funds for this grant will be used to update the Hillsborough River Watershed Alliance amphibian display at Lowry Park Zoo. Information in the display will educate visitors about how frogs act as indicators of the health of the Bay and watershed. | |
| City of Plant City Water Resource Management Division Community Rain Gardens |
$5,000.00 |
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The City will use Bay Mini-Grant funds to create a sub-grant program. Up to 30 residents or businesses will be able to apply to install rain gardens on their property to retain stormwater runoff. Participants will receive training from Hillsborough County Extension, Suncoast Native Plant Society, and Adopt-A-Pond on proper installation and use of the rain garden, and then receive reimbursements for their rain garden plants and materials. | |
| Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Colorful Native Lined Seahorses |
$4,945.00 |
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Students from VanBuren Middle School, where 90% of students participate in the free or reduced lunch program, will study seashores in a controlled environment at the Zoo. Students will prepare presentations that will be used in the zoo-to-you ZooVentures outreach program at the school highlighting the link between seahorses and water quality. | |
| Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center Mann-Wagnon Restoration |
$3,874.10 |
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The Museum and Heritage Center was formed by members of the neighborhood association with the goal of preserving the local area. The Museum has leased the site at Mann-Wagnon from the County. The group will create educational areas around the property including an example of a Florida Friendly Yard and a butterfly garden. Visitors can also participate in educational activities focused on environmental stewardship. | |
| Stormwater Education and Outreach Program Tampa Bay Beautification |
$5,000.00 |
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Tampa Bay Beautification will create a hands-on workshop for students in Hillsborough County schools to learn how everyday actions impact our watershed. Students will participate in a litter and debris clean up project at their schools and will mark storm drains throughout the neighborhood. They will also place door hangers at homes where drains have been marked. | |
| The Florida Aquarium Elementary Teachers Exploring Climate Change in Tampa Bay |
$4,850.00 |
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The Florida Aquarium will provide three one-day Climate Change workshops for elementary school teachers from Pinellas, Hillsborough and Manatee Counties. Workshops will be aligned with FCAT and build on the NOAA curriculum previously used with middle school teachers. | |
Manatee County
| Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch 'Turtle Talks' Activity Books |
$2,474.94 |
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Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch is requesting funds to reprint more than 13,000 copies of the popular Turtle Talks activity books. Elementary-age students in Manatee County will learn about the importance of protection and awareness of turtles. Partial funding of this grant will provide for several thousand printed books. | |
| Manatee School for the Arts Manatee River Environmental Stewardship Program |
$4,862.10 |
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Students at the school, located less than a half-mile from the Manatee River, will go on outdoor excursions to take water samples, learn about invasive species at Emerson Point Preserve and participate in a service-learning project. Students will learn how their behavior affects the watershed and keep a journal of their activities. | |
Pinellas County
| Ocean in Motion The Pier Aquarium, Inc. |
$7,500.00 |
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Ocean in Motion will partner with six local schools to set up a touch tank for a 4- to 5-week period at the school. The touch tank will teach students about the complex diversity of the Tampa Bay ecosystem through a hands-on experience. Students will learn about the importance of water quality, and how that can impact Bay inhabitants. | |
| Canterbury School School Restoration Project |
$2,930.00 |
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Canterbury, a private school in Pinellas County, will partner with Tampa Bay Watch to engage 5th through 8th grade students in a habitat restoration project to plant salt marsh grasses at the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve in Manatee County. The 9th through 12th grade students will be creating oyster bars at Weedon Island Preserve in Pinellas County. | |
| City of Safety Harbor Marshall Street Park Wetland Education and Nature Trail |
$5,000.00 |
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The City will use grant funds to create a bridge and enhance the trail adjacent to Mullet Creek. Students from Safety Harbor Middle School will assist in creating an education brochure/rack card. Educational signs as well as pet waste stations are included in the grant request. | |
| Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges, Inc. Florida Coastal Environmental Education |
$5,000.00 |
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Fifth-grade students will participate in a variety of on-site learning activities at County coastal parks or preserves. Students will rotate through three separate hands-on activities focused on water quality, protection of fish and wildlife and invasive species. | |
| Golder Associates South St. Petersburg Bayou Clean-up and Recycling Round-Up |
$3,985.00 |
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Golder Associates, an environmental consulting firm, will facilitate educational sessions and shoreline clean-up activities in south St. Petersburg. AKA AKademy middle-age students will use kayaks and waders to clean up and recycle debris around Big Bayou and Lassing Park in Pinellas County. | |
| Jungle Terrace Civic Association 3rd Annual Parks Clean-Up |
$4,998.00 |
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The Jungle Terrace Civic Association will coordinate a neighborhood project to remove invasive plants and trees near Walter Fuller Park and lake. | |
| Kayak Nature Adventures Habitat Florida Manatee |
$5,000.00 |
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Kayak Nature Adventures will facilitate on-water cleanups in Clam Bayou and nearby areas. Participants will learn about manatee usage of the area and how polluted stormwater runoff can harm manatees. | |
| Nature's Academy Island Adventure Pilot Project |
$5,000.00 |
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Nature's Academy is targeting education to 7th graders in Pinellas County schools. Students will go on a marine science field trip where they will learn about the estuary, mangroves and the ecological and economic importance of local habitats at Fort DeSoto Park. Students will also participate in a community service-learning project. | |
| Pasadena Bear Creek Neigh. Association Bear Creek Invasive Plant Removal/Vegetation Restoration |
$4,937.95 |
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The Neighborhood Association is continuing its work to rid Bear Creek of invasive plants, litter and debris at the Creek. Local community volunteers will work to clean up the area and improve the health of the Creek before it discharges into Boca Ciega Bay. | |
| Pinellas County Extension McKay Creek Gone Batty - Phase II |
$4,815.80 |
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Phase II of McKay Creek Gone Batty is a combination of a wildlife conservation and volunteer community event project that will take place on the grounds of the 60-acre natural area adjacent to McKay Creek. Community volunteers will work to clean up the nature trails and remove invasive plants leading to the bat house. The bat house, once complete, will be able to house up to 40,000 bats while still allowing visitors to safely view the structure. | |
| Saint Paul's School Allen's Creek Water Quality Monitoring Project |
$4,452.00 |
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Students at Saint Paul's School will use Allen's Creek to create a database and monitor long term changes in water quality that may be the result of non-point source pollution from the developed areas along the creek. Students will create presentations of their work to share with others. | |
| USF – SEAS (Students Environmental Awareness Society) Addition of New Watergoat and Necessary Maintenance Supplies |
$3,358.63 |
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The SEAS will oversee the installation of a custom-built "watergoat" device to trap trash and debris flowing into Bayboro Harbor on the USF Bayboro Campus in St. Petersburg. Currently the SEAS group maintains a watergoat at the outfall of Booker Creek near the NOAA building. SEAS members will maintain this new watergoat by removing the trash that collects there before it can be washed farther out into the Bay. | |
| City of Gulfport Clam Bayou Native Planting |
$4,645.00 |
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Gulfport officials will work with residents to restore an area that was once a dumping ground and shooting range that has been converted to a park. The City will partner with the Sierra Club to seek volunteers for to remove invasive plants at the site and replace them with natives. | |
Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinellas Counties
| Turtle Talks.Org Freshwater Turtle Adventure Activity Book |
$2,209.00 |
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The Turtle Talks team has visited more than 50 schools in the past nine years teaching students about personal responsibility for protecting the state's wildlife, focusing on freshwater turtle species. The books are coupled with presentations and classroom activities in an effort to enhance learning. Partial funding of this grant will provide for several thousand printed books. | |
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