Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Recognizes Award Winners

Sarasota Bay is recognized for being full of life, and the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program recognized people Wednesday who share the same charaterstic by protecting and preserving it.
This is the first-ever awards ceremony for the organization, presenting the Blue Dolphin Award, to folks and organizations for their local environmental efforts.
The winners include:
• Charles Edwards, a long term volunteer member of the SBEP Citizens Advisory Committee,
• Jack Merriam, the recently retired environmental manager with Sarasota County and an advocate of low impact development,
• Martha B. King Middle School in Bradenton, an active supporter of the Bay Guardian volunteer program managed by SBEP in partnership with Around the Bend Nature Tours,
• Raindrops Cisterns, a Sarasota business focused on rainwater harvesting and water

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