1. Cathy Loyola Environmental Biologist BELL Conference July 18, 2003 And

2. What is FYN? Florida Yards and Neighborhoods is a program whose development began in the early 1990s. The Sarasota Bay and Tampa Bay National Estuary Programs conducted research that indicated that excess nitrogen was polluting area waters. Researchers determined that the source of much of this nitrogen was stormwater runoff from residential areas using poor landscape management practices. At the same time, the Marine Resources Council of the Indian River Lagoon region was working with area homeowners to develop neighborhood action plans to deal with environmental issues, among them stormwater runoff. These programs combined efforts in 1994 to create the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Program (FYN). Since 1994, the University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service has been the primary agency promoting and administering the FYN program.

3. FYN principles of environmentally friendly landscaping: 1) Planting the right plant/right spot 2) Watering efficiently 3) Mulching 4) Recycling 5) Fertilizing appropriately 6) Using pesticides responsibly 7) Providing for wildlife 8) Preventing stormwater runoff 9) Living on the waterfront

4. Why FYN?

5. Why do people move here? Waterfront living

6. Boating

7. Fishing and Passive Recreation

8. The Environment

9. Why do people build here?

10. Who loses?

12. Grant for materials Classes every month at Rotary Park Native Plant Sales County Extension Agent hired Projects Getting Started Passion and the “do it” attitude

13. Four Freedoms Park

14. Medians

15. CCHS

17. Lake Saratoga

18. What does our future hold? New Landscaping Code for Cape Coral

19. In service training for City Employees FYN University Possible Incentives for developers utilizing principles Possibly avoidance of more stringent regulatory programs