Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #277FY0001

FWCC West Florida Angler Instruction & Outreach Center

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Scott Hardin

Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

FWCC West Florida Angler Instruction & Outreach Center

Date Submitted:

2/9/01 3:30:59 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsors:

Jefferson Miller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statewide Interest:

Provide resources to Floridians that provides a foundation to protect and conserve freshwater fisher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Contact:

Scott Hardin

 

620 S Meridian Street

Contact Phone:

(850) 488-4068

 

 

Tallahassee 32399-1600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties:

Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Area:

Government Entity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create a 10-acre lake w/ 2 earthen fishing piers & one aluminum fishing pier; renovate and convert an existing building into an education center to house displays with live aquatic organisms, static displays, and sampling equipment; cover an existing concrete slab to create an outdoor pavillion to instruct students on freshwater fish, their habitants and life history; freshwater angling; and lake and pond management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Provide high-quality fishing at an intensively managed lake, as a part of a program to expose students to conservation of Florida's freshwater fishery services; present grade-appropriate educational programs featuring fisheries sciences & aquaitc ecology; provide fisheries based materials & activities for elementary, middle, and high school educators to complement general science curricula; and make classroom presentations on fish identification, dissection and fisheries management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$308,076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify item(s) in the Appropriations Bill to be reduced:

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation #:

1798C

 

 

 

 

Specific Appropriation Title:

Grants & Aids to Local Govt., Native Florida Aquarium & Teaching Facility

 

 

Amount to be reduced:

$308,076

 

 

 

 

Fund Source:

Trust Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$308,076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type of funding match:

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

Yes

 

 

Fiscal Year:

1998-1999

Amount:

$308,076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

Florida Legislature

 

Meeting Date:

4/27/99