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Join our Corporate Partners Program

Coastline Partner $10,000

Members receive

• Personalized 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Corporate Partners Certificate
• Recognition on select printed materials
• 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Campus Immersion Tour for up to six people
• Invitation to the annual 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Corporate Leaders Luncheon for four people

Join our Corporate Partners Program

Maritime Partner $5,000

Members receive

• Personalized 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Corporate Partners Certificate
• Recognition on select printed materials
• 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Campus Immersion Tour for up to four people
• Invitation to the annual 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Corporate Leaders Luncheon for two people

Join our Corporate Partners Program

For more information on funding opportunities, contact:
Brandon McHenry, Assistant Director of Membership, at听bmchenr1@fau.edu听or 772-242-2214.

Donations to 糖心Vlog Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charity, are tax-deductible as defined by law.

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Granted through the听 听the proceeds of sales of these license plates support innovative and applied research involving animals, ecosystems and issues of importance to the people of Florida.听 听 .

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Florida Center for Coastal and Human Health - How You Can Get Involved

Support Research:

• Support organizations that work to understand Harmful Algal Blooms and their impacts on people, wildlife and the overall health of the Indian River Lagoon.

To Donate to 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Please Visit:

Support Leadership

• Talk to local policy makers about HAB-related concerns and encourage them to work with other officials in state and federal governments to ensure the health and safety of the IRL so that it may continue to be an economic and recreational resource to Florida.

Educate Yourself

• Learn more about the health of the Indian River Lagoon as well as the role that humans play in the occurrence of Harmful Algal Blooms.
• Visit environmental education centers and participate in related public programs, courses and activities.

Educate Others

• Support programs that seek to educate our families, neighbors, school children and tourists as well as important state and local stakeholders.
• Share what you鈥檝e learned about the importance of the IRL, the threats that Harmful Algal Blooms pose, the role humans play and what people can do to help.

Take Responsibility

• As a resident, understand the role that you play in the health of the Indian River Lagoon as well as harmful algal blooms around Florida and take actions to minimize your impacts.
• Practice 鈥淔lorida safe鈥� landscaping by choosing native plants for your garden, limiting fertilizer use and choosing a fertilizer with slow-release nitrogen. Avoid fertilizing during the rainy season or near waterways to prevent fertilizer run-off.
• Minimize excess water usage, especially during rainy months.
• Do not allow yard waste to enter drainage canals or waterways.
• If your home has a septic system, ensure that it is operating properly, maintained regularly and does not leak. If possible, consider switching to the city鈥檚 sewer system.
• While recreating, avoid seagrass beds and oyster reefs; these important organisms keep local waters clean and healthy. Damage to these plants and animals take many years to fully recover and impact their ecosystem services.
• Be an advocate! Experience and enjoy the Indian River Lagoon and bring awareness to efforts that protect and conserve this important estuary for generations to come.

$5,170,947 Raised for the Florida Center of Coastal and Human Health

Founding Funder

The 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Florida Center for Coastal and Human Health was made possible with funding from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation.

Grants Awarded to FCCHH Researchers

• "Monitoring prevalence of microcystin toxins in the IRL using Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin." M. Twardowski. National Estuary Program. $99,000. Start date 7/1/2020.
• "The Harmful Algal Bloom Assessment of Lake Okeechobee (HALO)." J. Beckler, D. Hanisak, T. Moore, M. McFarland, B. Kirkpatrick, S. Duncan (Navocean), Y. Tang, M. Jiang, A. Schaefer, A. Nayak. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. $2,200,000. 7/1/2020鈥�6/30/2022.
• "Understanding the distribution, foraging ecology, and health of green turtles inhabiting the lower Florida Keys." B. Zirkelbach (The Turtle Hospital) and A. Page-Karjian. Force Blue. $4,357.
• "Adapting a new ocean color algorithm to enhance water quality and validation capabilities for the future Sentinel constellation." M. Twardowski. NASA. $652,000. 6/17/2019鈥�6/16/2023.
• "Sea Surface Salinity from a CUBESAT with Novel Spatial Light Modulator Imaging System." M. Twardowski. Office of Naval Research. $500,000. 8/1/2019鈥�7/31/2021.
• "AQUALOOKS: Improving atmospheric correction and aquatic particle retrieval with bidirectional remote sensing data." M. Twardowski. Belgian Federal Science Policy Office. $27,335. 7/1/2019鈥�12/31/2021.
• "Long term human health impacts for harmful algal blooms." A. Schaefer. Florida Department of Health. $269,285. 1/1/2020鈥�6/30/2020.
• "Microbial Source Tracking in Lee County Waterways." B. Lapointe. Lee County, FL. $585,000. 1/17/2020鈥�10/31/2021.
• "Comprehensive diet description for the Whitespotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) in Florida." M. Ajemian. Mote Scientific Foundation. $15,577.
• "Elucidating the response of juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) to harmful algal blooms." L. Brewster. Save Our Seas Foundation. $8,990.
• "Green turtle health, biotoxin exposure, and foraging ecology in Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida." A. Page-Karjian. $23,470. Start date 5/1/2020.
• "Microalgae and Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring." J. Sullivan and M. McFarland. Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program. $50,000. 10/1/2019鈥�9/30/2020.
• "Improving methods of phytoplankton and harmful algal bloom monitoring in the Southern Indian River Lagoon." M. McFarland and D. Hanisak. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation. $64,493. 7/1/2019鈥�6/30/2020.
• "Understanding the production and regulation of the neurotoxin Saxitoxin in Pyrodinium bahamense isolated from the IRL." G. Wang. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation. $35,000. 7/1/2019鈥�6/30/2020.
• "Precipitation, water management, and algae blooms in South Florida Estuaries." C. Hu (USF), M. Jiang, B. Lapointe, and M. McFarland. NASA. $507,430. 7/15/2019鈥�7/14/2023.
• "Microbial Source Tracking Data Analysis." B. Lapointe. City of Port St. Lucie. $123,010. 10/01/2018鈥�05/31/2020.
• "Evaluation of Toxins from Harmful Algal Blooms in Local Residents During Bloom Events in South Florida." A. Schaefer. 糖心Vlog Foundation, SpringBoard Program. $6,000.

Other Funding Sources

FCCHH Strategic Partners

Partnership is the key to the success of the 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch Florida Center for Coastal and Human Health. Prominent state and local organizations have joined the FCCHH effort by lending their respective expertise to compliment the work being done by the 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch team of researchers. We are continually looking to expand this important endeavor. If you or your organization is interested in collaborating with the 糖心Vlog Harbor Branch FCCHH, please contact:

Jim Sullivan, Executive Director
jsullivan@fau.edu

We would like to recognize our current collaborating partners: