About Bay Soundings
Explore the magnificent waterworld and surrounding coastlands of Tampa Bay with Bay Soundings, a quarterly news journal covering Florida's largest open water estuary. Bay Soundings chronicles the news and issues affecting the bay, while profiling the people and places, creatures and habitat that make it so compelling.
editorial advisory board
Suzanne Cooper
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Dick Eckenrod
Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Frank Hearne
Mechanik, Nuccio, Hearne & Wester
Robin Lewis
Lewis Environmental Services
Don Sayre
Florida Power & Light
Francia Smith
Sawgrass Lake Park
Beth Bartos
Southwest Florida Water Management District
George Isiminger, PE
Port Manatee
Roger Tucker
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Fred Webb
Hillsborough Community College
Allan Horton
Freelance Writer
editors
Mary Kelley Hoppe
Victoria Parsons
design & graphics
McShane Communications
website development
McShane Communications
We welcome your feedback!
Please send comments or suggestions to: editor@baysoundings.com
Administrative offices:
Bay Soundings
c/o Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
4000 Gateway Centre Blvd.
Pinellas Park, FL 33782
Phone: 727.570.5151
Fax: 727.570.5118
Click here to contact the webmaster
A BIG THANKS!
to these sponsors for making Bay Soundings possible - with our deepest appreciation for your commitment to celebrating and preserving the magnificent estuary that enriches our region.
• Pinellas County Environmental Fund
• Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
• Tampa Bay Estuary Program
• The Southwest Florida Water Management District and its Alafia River, Hillsborough River, Northwest Hillsborough, Pinellas-Anclote River and Manasota Basin Boards.
• Port Manatee
• Gulfstream Natural Gas System
• Florida Department of Transportation, District Seven
If you or your company would like information on becoming a sponsor of Bay Soundings, please contact Suzanne Cooper at the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, 727-570-5151, ext. 32.
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Local Photographers Help Celebrate Estuary Program's 15th Anniversary
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