Celebrate Watershed Awareness Week
October 13 – 19, 2008

To help create public awareness about the importance of our watersheds, the Sarasota Board of County Commissioners has declared October 13th through 19th “Watershed Awareness Week.” To celebrate, watershed-related educational events and programs for the whole family are scheduled throughout the week at SEC member sites. The public is invited to attend one or several of these fun, nature-based activities that teach awareness and good stewardship of watersheds.


Click here for a complete list of events during Watershed Awareness Week

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Our DVD

"The Watershed And You: A Direct Connection" is created in a human interest, documentary style, that tells the story of our interdependency on the watershed and its role in sustaining the health and vibrant beauty of our community. Utilizing wonderful video footage including aerial views, live interviews, maps, photography, and music, this 20-minute multimedia piece is meant to raise public awareness about a complex issue that is important to sustaining our quality of life here in Sarasota County. You will also learn the important roles individuals, neighborhoods, and communities can play in preserving the watershed.

"The Watershed And You" has been produced by the SEC Southern Coastal Watershed Leadership Program with funding provided by the Manasota Basin Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District and Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice.

You can get a copy of the DVD by sending $5 for postage & handling to:

SEC
2469 Novus Street, Sarasota, FL 34237
941-955-9089

"The Watershed and You: A Direct Connection‚" airs on Access Sarasota Channel 19. Go to www.sarasotagov.com and click on Online Services for a current schedule.

Watershed Educational Kiosks

Educational kiosks developed by SEC enhance our understanding of the County's watersheds and teach how the productivity and vitality of natural systems, stormwater, water supply, wastewater, and land-use are all part of an integrated system. Emphasis is placed on the intregal part everyone plays in the sustenance of a dynamic, living system, and the impacts of watersheds on each citizen's quality of life. Kiosks can be found at the following locations:

2008
October	Crowley Museum	Historic Spanish Point	Mote Marine Aquarium

Outdoor Watershed Interpretive Signs
Find these educational signs at the following locations:
Bay Preserve, 400 Palmetto Ave., Osprey
Florida House Learning Center, 4454 Beneva Rd., Sarasota
Historic Spanish Point, 337 N. Tamiami Trail, Osprey
Indian Mound Park at Lemon Bay, 210 Winson Ave., Englewood
Ken Thompson Park, 1700 Ken Thompson Pkwy., Sarasota
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S. Palm Ave, Sarasota
Mote Marine Aquarium, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota
New College of Florida campus, 5800 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
Oscar Scherer State Park, 1843 S. Tamiami Trail, Osprey
Phillippi Estate Park, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
Sapphire Shores/Sun Circle Park, Sun Circle Dr., Sarasota

The watershed education kiosks and signs were produced by SEC with funding from the Manasota Basin Board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District.