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ROOKERY BAY
Are YOU
Team OCEAN?
R ookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is
announcing a new awareness campaign developed to
promote ethical boating practices among boaters using
protected coastal waters. Called “I am Team OCEAN,” the
campaign is centered around a call to boaters to pledge their
commitment to minimizing negative impacts while enjoying local
islands, estuaries and coastal waters.
Rookery Bay Reserve’s “I am Team OCEAN” campaign will
be led by Team OCEAN (Ocean Conservation Education Action
Network), a group of 45 dedicated volunteers at Rookery Bay
Reserve who reach out to boaters with a focus on visitor education
and coastal stewardship.
“Team OCEAN has been around for years, but the new ‘I
am Team OCEAN’ campaign brings added focus and energy to
the educational and stewardship messages,” said Kevin Claridge,
Florida Coastal Office director. “Instead of only having 45
volunteers serving as stewards, this provides a way for boaters
anywhere to be a part of Team OCEAN.”
“I am Team OCEAN” encourages ethical boating practices through a partnership between the Rookery Bay Reserve, Florida Sea Grant
such as proper navigation for safety and protection of fragile aquatic and other local community donors. Following a model at the Florida Keys
habitats, packing out and tying down to reduce litter, and observing National Marine Sanctuary, volunteers with Rookery Bay Reserve’s Team
wildlife from a distance. OCEAN have made weekly visits to high-use areas in the reserve since the
“Taking care of southwest Florida’s beautiful coastal areas is program originally launched in 2005. Through this program, volunteers help
everyone’s job,” said Brooke Carney, Coastal Training Program serve as the reserve’s “eyes and ears” on the water.
coordinator for Rookery Bay Reserve. Carney developed the Boaters can take the “I am Team OCEAN” pledge online at www.
campaign in effort to galvanize support for the program. “I’m rookerybay.org/teamocean or in person if they see a Team OCEAN
excited to launch the ‘I am Team OCEAN’ campaign because it volunteer in the community or on the water.
gives people the opportunity to learn how important their actions Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses 110,000
are, while joining hundreds of other local boaters in doing our part acres of coastal lands and waters between Naples and Everglades National
for the coast,” she added. Park. It is managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Team OCEAN is a boat-based volunteer program supported in cooperation with NOAA.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Registration required at www.rookerybay.org or call 239.530.5940
Jan. 5 - 9 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) in these dramatic interpretations of Florida folly and fortune. Includes
Art Class: Realistic Portraits in Graphite lunch from Carrabba’s. $10, free for members.
Learn how to draw realistic portraits in graphite during this five-day Jan. 10 (8 a.m. - noon)
class with Lee Hammond, a professional artist and art instructor for Wing It! A Beginning Birder Workshop
more than 30 years. $375, supplies not included.
Learn basics of birding, including how
to use field guides, plumage, flight
Jan. 6 (noon to 1 p.m.) patterns, behavior and field marks in bird
Lunch & Learn Lecture identification. Classroom session followed
The Everglades Queen and Other Tales of Old Florida by field trip to practice new skills. $30, $25
Join master storyteller Caren Neile as she makes history come alive for members. Also offered Feb. 14.
72 Life in Naples | January 2015
Are YOU
Team OCEAN?
R ookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is
announcing a new awareness campaign developed to
promote ethical boating practices among boaters using
protected coastal waters. Called “I am Team OCEAN,” the
campaign is centered around a call to boaters to pledge their
commitment to minimizing negative impacts while enjoying local
islands, estuaries and coastal waters.
Rookery Bay Reserve’s “I am Team OCEAN” campaign will
be led by Team OCEAN (Ocean Conservation Education Action
Network), a group of 45 dedicated volunteers at Rookery Bay
Reserve who reach out to boaters with a focus on visitor education
and coastal stewardship.
“Team OCEAN has been around for years, but the new ‘I
am Team OCEAN’ campaign brings added focus and energy to
the educational and stewardship messages,” said Kevin Claridge,
Florida Coastal Office director. “Instead of only having 45
volunteers serving as stewards, this provides a way for boaters
anywhere to be a part of Team OCEAN.”
“I am Team OCEAN” encourages ethical boating practices through a partnership between the Rookery Bay Reserve, Florida Sea Grant
such as proper navigation for safety and protection of fragile aquatic and other local community donors. Following a model at the Florida Keys
habitats, packing out and tying down to reduce litter, and observing National Marine Sanctuary, volunteers with Rookery Bay Reserve’s Team
wildlife from a distance. OCEAN have made weekly visits to high-use areas in the reserve since the
“Taking care of southwest Florida’s beautiful coastal areas is program originally launched in 2005. Through this program, volunteers help
everyone’s job,” said Brooke Carney, Coastal Training Program serve as the reserve’s “eyes and ears” on the water.
coordinator for Rookery Bay Reserve. Carney developed the Boaters can take the “I am Team OCEAN” pledge online at www.
campaign in effort to galvanize support for the program. “I’m rookerybay.org/teamocean or in person if they see a Team OCEAN
excited to launch the ‘I am Team OCEAN’ campaign because it volunteer in the community or on the water.
gives people the opportunity to learn how important their actions Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses 110,000
are, while joining hundreds of other local boaters in doing our part acres of coastal lands and waters between Naples and Everglades National
for the coast,” she added. Park. It is managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Team OCEAN is a boat-based volunteer program supported in cooperation with NOAA.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Registration required at www.rookerybay.org or call 239.530.5940
Jan. 5 - 9 (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) in these dramatic interpretations of Florida folly and fortune. Includes
Art Class: Realistic Portraits in Graphite lunch from Carrabba’s. $10, free for members.
Learn how to draw realistic portraits in graphite during this five-day Jan. 10 (8 a.m. - noon)
class with Lee Hammond, a professional artist and art instructor for Wing It! A Beginning Birder Workshop
more than 30 years. $375, supplies not included.
Learn basics of birding, including how
to use field guides, plumage, flight
Jan. 6 (noon to 1 p.m.) patterns, behavior and field marks in bird
Lunch & Learn Lecture identification. Classroom session followed
The Everglades Queen and Other Tales of Old Florida by field trip to practice new skills. $30, $25
Join master storyteller Caren Neile as she makes history come alive for members. Also offered Feb. 14.
72 Life in Naples | January 2015
