News & Events

“To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them.”
Theodore Roosevelt

Gibbons Clean-Up

On Saturday, October 22, Board member Rob Heath led a productive day of clean-up at the Gibbons Preserve. It was perfect weather for a work day, cool and dry, so we were able to get alot of work done. With the help of 15 students from King High School we cleared trails and removed exotics such as Brazilian Pepper trees, air potato and several species of invasive climbing vines.

Annual Meeting

This year's annual meeting was held on November 6, 2011 in south Hillsborough County at Camp Bayou. New officers were elected and Charles Lee, President of the Audubon Society of Florida provided a very interesting presentation on "Ecosystem Services: Conservation Tools for the Next Generation".

Southwest Florida Water Management District Surplus Lands Assessment

The Southwest Florida Water Management District has initiated a project to assess its land holdings for potential surplus options. Read more about the process, minutes of past meetings and view a map of lands owned and managed by the District at www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/projects/surplus-lands.

The Tampa Bay Conservancy strongly urges the public to learn more about this important issue. You can get involved in the process by attending any of the following public meetings which will be held to explain the asssessment process and receive public comment.

Meeting Dates, Public Information Meeting

December 13, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Lecanto Government Building, 3600 W. Sovereign Path, Suite 226, Lecanto, FL 33461.

December 14, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Bartow Service Office, 170 Century Boulevard, Bartow, FL 33830

January 10, 2012, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tampa Service Office, 7601 US 301, Tampa, FL 33637

January 11, 2012, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sarasota Service Office, 6750 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota, FL 34240

Governing Board Subcommittee Meeting

February 15, 2012, 10:00 a.m., Sarasota Service Office, 6750 Fruitville, Rd., Sarasota, FL 34240

For additional information contact Cheryl Hill at 1-800-423-1476, ext. 4452.

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