The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has
received a grant that will allow it to re-establish the management of the St.
Andrews Bay and St. Joseph Bay Aquatic Preserves.
The grant is through the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation.
The project will affect over 97 thousand acres of fragile and
environmentally sensitive land through a comprehensive management program,
seagrass monitoring, and education and outreach to boaters and local
communities.
The Apalachicola National Estuarine Reserve will oversee the
preserves and has hired Katie Maxwell as the new manager overseeing both the
St. Andrews Bay Aquatic Preserve in Bay County and the St. Joseph Bay Aquatic
Preserve in Gulf County.
Maxwell earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from
Marshall University and a Master of Science degree in marine biology from
Coastal Carolina University.
She worked with FWC’s Fisheries Independent Monitoring
Program as a biological scientist for the past four years.
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