Left: Competitors in the Nature Coast Envirothon.

Left: Joel DeAngelis, senior land management specialist, shows volunteers Porgy Smith and Ellen Puckett how to remove the invasive plants.

Elementary students at Lincoln Avenue Academy in Polk County painted rain barrels as part of their mini-grant.

Clockwise, from top left: Paul Senft, Judith C. Whitehead, Hugh M. Gramling and Bryan K. Beswick.

Name: Rufus C. Lazzell
Basin Board: Peace River

Carl Wright, senior water conservation analyst, locates leaks by using an acoustic listening instrument.

Left: Maritza Rovira-Forino, Governing Board member and co-chair ex officio of the Hillsborough River Basin Board, joined students in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Charlotte Post, administrative supervisor, and Tammy Antoine, employee committee chair, presented Debbie Harper with the Shining Star award.

The District recently honored 26 water resources education projects at its “Partners in Watershed Education” awards luncheon and conference.