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State of the Bay 2010 State of the Bay 2010 Staying the Course Celebrating Paradise SARASOTA BAY ESTUARY PROGRAM 111 South Orange Avenue Restoring Our Bays Suite 200W Sarasota, Florida 34236 941.955.8085 www.sarasotabay.org 2010 Project Area Map Tampa Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Bay Habitat Restoration Projects and 275 The Gulf Coast Heritage Trail Northern Sarasota Bay: a place of spectacular a placeof beauty. Bay: Sarasota Northern Tampa Bay Reef 19 T Annause and enjoyment to the public. naturalMaria resources of the area for the increase habitatquality, and enhance Soundprogram strives to improve water natural asset — Sarasota Bay. greatest and most importantregion’s Bulkheads Reef Terra Ceia 41 75 Bay Emersonis dedicated to restoring the he Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Point Reef Emerson Point Preserve Anna Maria Island Palmetto De Soto National Memorial & Preserve Robinson Preserve 10th St. 41 Perico Bayou 301 Grassy Point Preserve M an Neal Preserve at Manatee Ave. W. ee The River k Perico Causeway e Herb Dolan Park re Palma Sola (Scenic Highway) es C ar Bay W B 1912 Cortez Schoolhouse r (to I-75) Cortez a Wares Creek Restoration Ballard Elementary School d Bradenton Beach Pier Reef e FISH Preserve1 n R Leffis Key Reef Palma Sola Bay-Front Park Pine Island i v FISH Preserve 2 e Coquina Beach Cortez Rd. Bradenton r Leffis Key Park 75th St. W. Longboat Pass 41 Sister Keys Preserve Gladiola Fields Oyster Habitat 53rd. Ave. Bayshore North Reef (to I-75) Longboat Key Lido Key Siesta Key 41 Artificial reef modules Casey Key Refer to page 27 to learn more about The Gulf Coast Heritage Trail. Laurel Ave. Oyster habitat in Sarasota Bay Venice Ave. State of the Bay 2010 CelebratingStaying the CourseParadise SARASOTASARASOTA BAY BAY ESTUARY PROGRAM State of the Bay 2010 CelebratingStaying the ParadiseCourse Sarasota Bay: Public Involvement: Our Greatest Asset Engage, Educate, and Encourage 4 Introduction 18 Community Involvement in Restoring the Bay Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) 5 Accomplishments Special Projects Initiated by the CAC 6 About the Bay 19 Learning Through Service 7 Sarasota Bay Management Bay Buddies Goals Sarasota Bay Guardians 8 Sarasota Bay History 20 Environmental Education Programs 10 Sarasota Bay Shows Protection, Involvement, Education & Significant Improvements Restoration Program (PIER Program) Water Quality Pooches for the Planet Nitrogen Pollution Florida-Friendly Landscaping Principles Bacteria Contamination 22 Bay Partners Grants Program Wastewater Pollution 24 Sarasota Bay Events Air Pollution Bay Wise Kayak Tours Stormwater Pollution Participation in Workshops and Conferences 12 Tributary Watershed Management Plans 25 Electronic Media Phillippi Creek Website: www.sarasotabay.org Bowlees Creek Video: ‘Sarasota Bay: Celebrating Our Water Heritage’ Whitaker Bayou Comprehensive Conservation Management ‘Bay Reflections’ Plan E-newsletter 13 Sarasota Bay Technical Studies Re-Examination 26 Publications Water Quality Targets ‘Living On the Waters Edge’ Brochures Macroalgae Table of Contents ‘Landscaping for Climate Change’ Red Tide ‘Gulf Coast Heritage Trail’ Fisheries Independent Monitoring 14 Bay Habitats 28 Call to Action Freshwater Wetlands Citizen Participation in Restoring and Protecting Saltwater Wetlands Sarasota Bay and Its Tributaries is Critical Volunteer Opportunities 15 Wetland Restoration 16 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Seagrass Seagrass Targets 17 Hard-Bottom Habitats Oysters Artificial Reefs CCMP Action Plans 29 Introduction to the CCMP Action Plans 30 Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation 30 Stormwater Treatment and Prevention 32 Freshwater and Saltwater Wetlands 33 Fisheries and Other Living Resources 35 Recreational Use 36 Governance to Oversee Implementation 38 Glossary 40 Project Area Map 41 Acknowledgements CelebratingStaying the CourseParadise elebrating Paradise – Staying the Course” State of the Bay 2010 is an update on progress “Cmade in carrying out the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). Included in this document are revisions of the CCMP to “The Voyage to Paradise Reclaimed,” signed in 1995 by the Governor of Florida and the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The fully revised CCMP is in preparation and will be released in 2011. The achievements since 1989, when this Bay Program was founded, have been substantial, with reductions in nitrogen and bacterial pollution, recovery and restoration of natural habitats, and increased public education and access for recreational opportunities. South Lido; Sarasota. Accomplishments ith the founding of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program in 1989, Wa partnership among local government agencies was established. Results of that partnership include: • Significant water quality improvements in the Bay and tributaries due to an estimated 64-percent reduction in nitrogen pollution since 1988 • Seagrass coverage has increased by 24 percent above 1950 • Scallops returned to the Bay in 2008 • Restoration and enhancement of approximately 650 acres of wetland habitat with creation of 28 new ecological parks around the Bay • Manufacture and deployment of 3,000 artificial reef modules on nine new reefs • Establishment of the first oyster re-colonization projects • Creation of the Gulf Coast Heritage Trail to promote managed public access to points of environmental, cultural, and historic interests around the Bay • Establishment of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program as a special district within the state of Florida • Implementation of a comprehensive public education program. Since 2001, 34,000 local school children have received outdoor education about Sarasota Bay • All Sarasota Bay waters now meet state water quality standards for nutrient pollution The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program received first place as a Gulf Guardian in 2009 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf of Mexico Program. The accolade came in the “Partnership” category due to water quality and seagrass improvements. Sarasota Bay: Our Greatest Natural Asset About the Bay Big Pass area near Sarasota. stuaries are places where freshwater For purposes of this Although Sarasota Bay is not a classic Emixes with salty water from the sea. document, “Sarasota estuary with the influence of a major Teaming with life, our nation’s estuaries Bay” refers to the area river, it is still a highly productive coastal provide vital habitats for 80 percent of lagoon system. The lagoon is formed the world’s fish and shellfish species. that encompasses all by a necklace of barrier islands to the Estuaries are one of our nation’s most of the Bays from the west and the mainland of Manatee and valuable natural resources, creating more northern tip of Anna Sarasota counties to the east. The coastal food per acre than the richest farmland. Maria Island south to lagoon – with its unique ecological character of small embayments, Venice Inlet. tidal tributaries, coves, inlets, and passes – is bounded by Anna Maria Sound to the north and stretches to just north of the Venice inlet to the south. Sarasota Bay is made of a series of smaller bays or embayments. Each of these embayments is unique from one another. They differ in overall size, shape, water depth, habitat, sediment characterization, circulation, freshwater inputs, and pollutant delivery. Because of these differences, each embayment must be analyzed and managed independently, while but at the same time recognizing their connectivity. The following embayments have their own unique characteristics: Palma Sola Bay, Big Sarasota Bay, Roberts Bay, Little Sarasota Bay, and Blackburn Bay. Tributaries are creeks or streams that gather water from the adjacent lands (watershed) and discharge it into a bay. The primary tributaries are Palma Sola Creek, Bowlees Creek, Whitaker Bayou, Hudson Bayou, Phillippi Creek, Catfish Creek, North Creek, and South Creek. Watershed map. 6 State of the Bay 2010 Sarasota Bay Management Citizens Advisory Committee field trip to Quick Point Nature Preserve. SARASOTA BAY arasota Bay was named an “estuary ESTUARY PROGRAM As a part of the 2001 triennial Sof national significance” in the Water review of program performance, the U.S. Quality Act of 1987. After official Goals Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designation as a National Estuary Program The SBEP continues to focus recommended that the Sarasota Bay in June 1989, a Policy Committee of local on eight goals: Estuary Program (SBEP) “establish a more elected officials and high-ranking federal 1. Improve water transparency formal agreement with its stakeholders.” and state officials was established to oversee 2. Reduce the quantity and The SBEP was established as a special program operations. improve the quality of district in Florida on July 23, 2004, with the signing of an interlocal agreement. Policy Committee members first took stormwater runoff to the Bay Partners to the agreement are Sarasota action by establishing citizen, technical, 3. Restore lost seagrasses and management committees to assist in County, Manatee County, City of Sarasota, and shoreline habitats, developing program activities and to institute City of Bradenton, Town of Longboat Key, these core policy themes: and eliminate further losses Florida Department of Environmental • Make public awareness a high priority 4. Establish an appropriate Protection, and Southwest Florida Water • Seek the required level of funds from management structure for Management District (SWFWMD). U.S. all available sources to implement Sarasota Bay EPA is participating as a partner under the program
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