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 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS
Made possible through the generous and continued support of our members, funders, volunteers and community partners.
- Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
Stakeholders (ACFS) group, a founding member, www.acfstakeholders.org,
moving from “water wars” to “water vision” between Georgia, Florida, and
Alabama. Your Riverkeeper, Dan Tonsmeire, was chosen as the 2011
Chair of the 56-member Governing Board of the ACFS.
- Seedstock
Sanctuary Plan and Lead Voluteer Organization for Monitoring Impacts
for Deep Water Horizon Disaster, the Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s projects
to document impactrs and protect critical oyster, sea grass, salt
marsh, and mangrove habitat in Apalachicola Bay from the impacts of the
Deepwater Horizon disaster.
- 2005 Community Steward Award for sustained grassroots advocacy, 1000 Friends of Florida.
- 2004 Water Conservation Organization of the Year , Florida Wildlife Federation.
- 2003 Conservation Award, Apalachee Audubon
- 2002
“Outstanding Achievements and Excellence in Coastal Conservation to
Create A More Sustainable Future for Florida”, Council for Sustainable
Florida.
- Apalachicola Bay Shoreline Restoration Project
saving 300 feet of shoreline at Indian Creek Park in Eastpoint, Florida
removing fill, restoring the shoreline to natural grade, and creating
natural shoreline habitats of marsh grass, oyster reef, and upland
grasses, shrubs and trees. More than 80 Franklin County students are
helping on this project.
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