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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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