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*****THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CLOSURES OF CITY FACILITIES OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION FOR POTENTIAL WEATHER IMPACTS**** *The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program's Community Grant Program funds projects that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform, and educate. The funding opportunity includes eligible project categories that support the Estuary Program’s core vision: water quality, sedimentation, habitat restoration, fish and wildlife conservation, watershed awareness and education, resilience, and community science. Grant recipients will share their work and research findings with the community at the symposium. The 2024-2025 Community Grant recipients will also be announced. 5:30-6:00 Welcome and Social with light hors d'oeuvres 6:00-8:30 Presentations & New Award Announcements The lineup includes: Fisheries Habitats Across Living Shoreline Seascapes: A Public Demonstration of the Benefits of Restoration Dauphin Island Sea Lab | Dr. Ron Baker Fish Community Analysis of Santa Rosa Sound Tidal Tributaries Northwest Florida State College | Dr. Geoffrey Smith Connecting Kids to Our Waterways for a Sustainable Future Satori Foundation | Sandy Dimick The Effect of Water Quality, Water Column Placement, and Substrate on Epibenthic Settlement in Perdido Bay University of West Florida | Dr. Amanda Croteau Empowering the Next Generation of Oyster Stewards Navarre Beach Marine Science Station | Charlene Mauro Protecting Water Quality and Improving Communities Through Better Land Use Patterns 1000 Friends of Florida | Paul Owens No-Till Seed Drill Rental Program Blackwater Soil and Water Conservation District | Jason Tritt Estuarine Echoes Exhibit Florida Public Archaeology Network