|*Who:*|
Representatives from "Keep Manatee Beautiful(Keep Manatee Beautiful)":http://www.manateebeautiful.com/, the "Florida Department of Environmental Protection(Florida Department of Environmental Protection)":http://www.dep.state.fl.us and the "Southwest Florida Water Management District's(Southwest Florida Water Management District)":/ Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Program staff and volunteers.
||*What:*|As part of the 25th annual International Coastal Cleanup, the District's "SWIM Program(SWIM Program)":/projects/swim/ staff is helping coordinate a volunteer work day at the "Terra Ceia Preserve State Park(Terra Ceia Preserve State Park)":/recreation/areas/terraceia.html in Terra Ceia. Volunteers will help District staff remove trash and debris from the preserve.|
|*When:*|Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, 9 a.m. to noon.|
|*Additional Information:*|Volunteers will meet at the Frog Creek RV Campground, 8515 Bayshore Road, Palmetto.
The Terra Ceia habitat restoration is a project of the District's SWIM Program and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
The International Coastal Cleanup was started by the "Ocean Conservancy(Ocean Conservancy)":http://www.oceanconservancy.org. While cleanups are held year-round, the annual event held near the end of each September is the largest single-day volunteer effort of its kind.
||*District Contact:*|Brandt Henningsen, District chief environmental scientist, 813-917-0108 (cell)|
|*Directions:*|Frog Creek RV Campground is just off Bayshore Road in Palmetto, west of US 41 and north of I-275.|