Facts & News

The Seagrass Toolbox CD contains educational resources about seagrass ecology and boating impacts to Florida's valuable seagrass meadows. Fact sheets, radio Public Service Announcements (PSAs), newspaper and newsletter articles, bookmarks and other materials in the Toolbox are designed to assist media professionals in creating new materials and resource managers and educators in providing factual information about Florida's seagrass meadows for meetings and events. For a copy of the Seagrass Toolbox CD, which contains all of the posters, articles, images on this site and a slide presentation in PowerPoint that is not available on this site, contact the SOP.

Fact Sheets

• State of Florida Fact Sheet
• State of Florida Bullets: Seagrass and the Economy Boating Skills, Your Connection to Seagrass Habitats, Damage and Costs, The Bottom is Alive!
• State Materials Large Format
• Monroe County Seagrass Fact Sheet
• Monroe County: Seagrass and the Economy, Boating Skills, Your Connection to Seagrass Habitats
• Proclamation
• History of the SOP

Navigation Games, Fish ID and Other Resources

• Navigation Game scenario #1 with Key
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• Navigation Game scenario #2 with Key
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• Fish Identification Activity with Key
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• Lignumvitae Restoration Slide Presentation
• Seagrass Websites
  
• Life in the Seagrass Slide Presentation

Posters:

• Message #1: Seagrass is Alive with Life!
• Message #2: Seagrass Supports Florida's Economy
• Message #3: Safe Boating Practices Protect Our Seagrass Habitat
• Message #4: Damaging Seagrass Has Personal Economic Consequences
• Keep Off the Seagrass Poster
• Save our Seagrass Save Your Boat brochure
• Decision poster

SOP Newspaper Articles

• Media Tips
• Boating Tips in Seagrass Beds
• Monroe County Leads State in Seagrass Damage: Boat Propellers Cut into Vast Seagrass Resources of the County
• Monroe County Observes Seagrass Month
• Boating Brings Fun and Responsibility
• Seagrass Outreach Toolbox
• Monroe County Observes Seagrass Awareness Month
• Research Into Prop Scar Recovery, It's for the Birds!
• Seagrass: Every Square Foot Counts
• Local Partnership Takes Seagrass Month Statewide
• A Flight Over the Shallows
• Seagrass Restoration Efforts at Lignum Vitae Key State Botanical Site
• Renowned Ocean Advocate Helps Ring In Seagrass Awareness Month
• Seagrass Awareness Month Kicks Off with Free Festival

Newsletter Articles

• Sanctuary is Site for Seagrass Restoration
• Biologists and Birds Restore Seagrass Injuries
• Scientist Shares Research on Seagrass Restoration
• Cousteau Kicks off Seagrass Celebration
• Seagrass is Alive!
• Seagrass Awareness Month Celebrated
• Prop Scarring: More than a Trace Left Behind Photo Essay
• Governor Crist Celebrates Protection of Florida's Seagrasses
• Florida Pays Tribute to State's Seagrasses

Radio PSAs

• Tips for Producing and Distributing Radio PSAs

Radio PSA Scripts by general subject:

• Monroe County – economic value
• Monroe County – Seagrass Awareness Month
• Florida Keys – economic value
• Florida Keys – ecology
• Florida Keys – damage
• Florida Keys – boating
• Florida – economy
• Boating – prevent groundings
• Boating in Florida
• Seagrass Meadows – economic value
• Keep Off Bottom
• Seagrass Inhabitants
• Seagrass Fishing

Radio PSAs sound bites (in MP3 format)

• Florida Keys – Boating - PSA 1
• Seagrass Inhabitants - PSA 2
• Boating – Prevent Groundings - PSA 3
• Keep Off Bottom - PSA 4
• Florida – Economy - PSA 5
• Seagrass Meadows – Economic Value - PSA 6
• Seagrass Fishing - PSA 7
• Boating in Florida - PSA 8

Video PSAs

Four 30-second video PSAs were produced and may be viewed using Windows Media player.   Higher resolution versions suitable for distribution to broadcast and cable TV companies are available by contacting the SOP at floridakeys@noaa.gov.

• Reading the Water while Boating
• Prevent Grounding Your Boat
• Economic Importance of Seagrass Habitat
• Animals Inhabitants of the Seagrass