Guidelines for Submitting RESTORE Act Ecosystem Restoration
Project Proposals:
Southwest Florida Regional Ecosystem Restoration Plan
DUE DATE: November 1, 2012
The Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program and the Tampa
Bay Estuary Program are assisting with coordination of a Southwest Florida Regional Ecosystem
Restoration Plan. The Regional Plan will develop a prioritized list of environmental projects that
would restore and protect the natural resources, ecosystems, water quality and coastal wetlands
of Southwest Florida, consistent with the federally-approved actions in the NEPs’
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans (CCMPs), and the Gulf Ecosystem
Restoration Strategic Plan goals. The Restoration Task Force identified four overarching goals:
Restore and Conserve Habitat
Restore Water Quality
Replenish and Protect Coastal and Marine Resources
Enhance Community Resilience
The draft priority list will be reviewed, revised and approved by the Management and Policy
Boards of the three NEPs, and can be utilized by local governments and the Gulf Coast
Restoration Council for consideration in the development of each of their funding priorities
under the RESTORE Act. All governmental entities, agencies, non-profit organizations and other
not-for profit entities are invited to submit projects located within the Southwest Florida coastal
counties (from Crystal River south to the Ten-Thousand Islands- see attached map), for
consideration in the Southwest Florida Regional Ecosystem Restoration Plan.
To submit priority projects from your entity for inclusion in the Regional Plan, please use the
attached entry form. Please use a separate entry form for each project, being sure to note the
project rank (1 being your topped ranked project), and include a photo or map if appropriate.
Projects should be consistent with the NEP CCMPs and with the Gulf Coast Ecosystem
Restoration Strategic Plan. Guidelines are provided below. A completed project entry form is
attached as an example.
Background information on the CCMPs on the three NEPs can be found on their respective
websites. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Strategic Plan can be found at
http://www.epa.gov/gcertf/.
Please submit your completed list of priority environmental restoration and protection projects to
one of the following NEP contacts no later than November 1, 2012, to ensure that your projects
are included in the collated list for consideration.
TBEP:
Misty Cladas (Misty@tbep.org)
SBEP:
Mark Alderson (mark@sbep.org )
CHNEP:
Lisa Beever (lbeever@swfrpc.org)
Guidelines for project submittal
- If submitting more than one proposal, please use a separate entry form for each project.
- If a field on the form is not relevant for your project, please enter ‘n/a’ (not applicable). If information
is not known, please leave the field blank.
- Please include your entity name and project rank in the filename of each completed entry form for
email submittal. Example: ‘XYZ County-Rank 1 Project.doc’. Please send your submitted forms as Word
files.
Fields:
Contact Information:
Date of Submittal:
Name of Project:
Org and Rank:
Project Description:
Project Location:
Responsible Party:
Partners:
NEP:
contact name, entity name and email address
date submitted
Short project name
Name of organization submitting proposal, and the rank of all proposals
submitted by the organization (1 being highest ranked)
Short description of the project work to be completed
County or municipality where project is located. Include lat/long of the center of
the project (for mapping purposes)
Lead entity
List funding or work partners
If project is located within a National Estuary Program study area, identify which
one(s): TBEP, SBEP or CHNEP
Estimated total cost of the project
Difference between total cost and funds available
Project cost:
Dollars needed:
Status of Project Design
and Permitting:
Identify ‘planned’, ‘designed but not permitted’, or ‘permits obtained’
Date or Year
Construction begin: Taking into account planning, design, permitting, contracting, etc.
Timing of Funding:
Estimated funding needed for each year for multi-year project
Quantify Environmental
Results:
How will estimated number of acres of habitat restored/protected; lbs of pollutant
reduced; etc be measured and reported?
Economic benefits/
Ecosystem Services: Example: shoreline protection, water quality improvements, fisheries production,
etc.
Estimated # jobs
Created/preserved:
Note full time or partial, and expected duration (i.e., 6 months, 3 years,
permanent)
How much habitat
Created/preserved: Estimated acres created by habitat type; estimated acres preserved by habitat type
Quantify pollutant
Reduction:
Estimated lbs or tons of nutrients (TN, TP) reduced, bacteriological reduction,
lbs/tons TSS/sediment loading reduced
What living coastal/
Marine resources:
Species or communities
Enhanced Community
Resilience:
Improve readiness for climate change, hazards, etc.
Additional justification: (optional) Additional information, map, design, photo
Southwest Florida Regional Ecosystem Restoration Plan study area.