WELCOME Thank You for being a

Friend of the Lower

Suwannee

& Cedar Key NWRs

THANK YOU… To the

Leadership and Staff of our refuges!

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In Memoriam Honoring

Bill Kilborn-

the Photo Contest!

Projects! Pepper Busting– Roger McDaniels

Projects! Pollinator Garden – Donna Thalacker

Trail Improvements!

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Advocacy! Maria in

Washington DC

We are advocates for our refuges and

we seek partners near and far!

Outreach! Tabling Events at Cedar Key Arts

Festival and Seafood Festival

Science! • Horseshoe Crab Citizen Science – with UF and FWC

• Big Bend Science Symposium – with UF and FWC

• iNaturalist Bioinventories - with UF

Communications!

https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-the-Lower-Suwannee-Cedar-Keys-National-Wildlife-Refuges-160173380675865/

Fun and Refuge for People

Okefenokee Trip

Looking to the Future

Develop short talk to give to civic organizations and other groups to help spread the word about Refuges and Friends

Reach out to Membership for potential opportunities to participate

Communications – Promotional Video, Revamp Cedar Key Kiosk

Science – continue to support ongoing Science Initiatives, new projects Sea Turtle research

Education – Teacher/School Engagement

Vista Property Planning

Business Meeting

Financial Report

Financial Review Report

Election of Board Members

Installation of Board Members

2015 2014

Cash Receipts $9,344 $11,482

Cash Disbursements $5,012 $5,983

Excess Receipts over

Disbursements

$4,332 $5,499

Cash at Beginning of

Year

$23,288 $19,052

Cash Balance $29,715 $23,288

Installation of New Board Members and Officers

Rotating Off Board:

Sherry Beauchamp

Richard Herman

Bob Hudson

Directors Whose Terms Run to 2017 Meeting:

Ed DeHaan

Jaime Jerrels

Kit Lane

Roger McDaniels

Allan Pither

John Thalacker

Marci Wilcox

Slate of Officers and Directors

Run from Annual Meeting to Annual

Meeting

President Maria Sgambati

President-Elect Russ Hall

Past President Greg Lang

Secretary Bill Dummitt

Treasurer TBD

Directors

Libby Cagle Bob McKinstry

Carmelo Echevarria Debbie Meeks

Peg Hall John McPherson

Jennifer Kolinek Margy VanLandingham

Tom Hoctor, PhD Director of UF Center for

Landscape Conservation Planning