Tampa Bay Area Environmental Groups Volunteer Contact Information

Tampa Bay Estuary Program Phone: (727) 893-2765 Email: [email protected] Activities: Invasive plant eradication, habitat restoration, shoreline litter cleanups, plant and wildlife surveys

Tampa Baywatch Phone: (727) 867-8166 Email: [email protected] Activities: Marsh plantings, oyster reef installation, monofilament line cleanups, community monitoring of bay scallops, invasive plant eradication

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful Phone: (813) 960-5121 Website: http://www.khcbonline.org Activities: Shoreline litter cleanups, Adopt-A-Road and Adopt-A-Shore

Keep Manatee Beautiful Phone: (941) 795-8272 Email: [email protected] Activities: Shoreline Litter Cleanups, Adopt-A-Road and Adopt-A-Shore

Keep Pinellas Beautiful Phone: (727) 533-0402 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.keeppinellasbeautiful.org/ Activities: Shoreline Litter Cleanups, Adopt-A-Road and Adopt-A-Shore

City of Tampa Mayor’s Beautification Program Phone: (813) 221-8733 Email: [email protected] Activities: Restoration and Enhancement of urban parks and preserves within the city boundaries; litter cleanups; tree plantings, invasive plant eradication; shoreline stabilization

Tampa Audubon Society Email: [email protected] Activities: Bird Counts, Nesting Surveys, Nest Box Construction, Sign Posting of Nesting Areas, Habitat Restoration

St. Petersburg Audubon Society Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.stpeteaudubon.org/ Activities: Bird Counts, Nesting Surveys, Nest Box Construction, Sign Posting of Nesting Areas, Habitat Restoration Clearwater Audubon Society Email: [email protected] Website: http://clearwateraudubon.org/ Activities: Bird counts, nesting surveys, nest box construction, sign posting of nesting areas, habitat restoration

Manatee Audubon Society Phone: (941) 729-2222 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.manateeaudubon.org/ Activities: Bird counts, nesting surveys, nest box construction, sign posting of nesting areas, habitat restoration

Sierra Club, Tampa Bay Group Website: http://florida.sierraclub.org/tampabay/ Activities: Trail maintenance, shoreline litter cleanups, habitat restoration, assistance with inner city outings program which provides outdoor experiences to young people in urban areas

Sierra Club, Suncoast Group Phone: (727) 945-0999 – 24-hour Information Hotline Website: http://florida.sierraclub.org/suncoast/ Activities: Trail maintenance, shoreline litter cleanups, habitat restoration

Save Our Seabirds Phone: (941) 388-3010 Website: http://www.saveourseabirds.com/ Activities: Rescuing and caring for injured and sick seabirds, grant writing, phone dispatcher, maintenance of facility, docent, educational facilitator, gift shop attendant, outreach

Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary Phone: (727) 391-6211 Email: [email protected] Activities: Rescuing and caring for injured and sick seabirds, grant writing, phone dispatcher, maintenance of facility, docent, educational facilitator, gift shop attendant, outreach, internships available

Florida Native Plant Society, Pinellas Chapter Phone: (727) 544-7341 (leave message) Email: [email protected] Website: http://pinellasnativeplants.org/ Activities: Habitat restoration, native plants in parks/preserves, educational exhibits, organizing plant sales, speaker’s bureau, organizing annual native landscape tour

Florida Native Plant Society, Serenoa Chapter (includes Manatee County) Email: [email protected] Phone: (941) 794-8773 Activities: Habitat restoration, planting native plants in parks and preserves, staffing educational exhibits at festivals and fairs, organizing plant sales

Florida Native Plant Society, Suncoast Chapter (includes Hillsborough) Email: [email protected] Activities: Habitat restoration, planting native plants in parks and preserves, staffing educational exhibits at festivals and fairs, organizing plant sales

Tampa Bay Conservancy Phone: (813) 924-8252 Email: [email protected] Activities: This regional land trust uses volunteers to construct or maintain nature trails and conduct habitat restoration or enhancement on Conservancy properties and other public parks and preserves

Clearwater Marine Aquarium Phone: (727) 441-1790 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.seewinter.com/ Activities: Caring for injured wildlife, certified divers, docents, gift shop, turtle nest monitoring

Surfrider Foundation, Suncoast Chapter Email: [email protected] Website: http://suncoastsurfrider.org/ Activities: Beach cleanups, coastal restoration, litter education, tabling events

Friends of Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges Phone: (727) 343-1272 Email: [email protected] Activities: Exotic plant removal, refuge cleanups, bird stewarding, monthly bird counts and general repairs on the refuges