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Cathy LoyolaEnvironmental Biologist
BELL ConferenceJuly 18, 2003
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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.
FYN principles of environmentally friendly landscaping:
1) Planting the right plant/right spot2) Watering efficiently3) Mulching4) Recycling5) Fertilizing appropriately6) Using pesticides responsibly7) Providing for wildlife8) Preventing stormwater runoff9) Living on the waterfront
Why FYN?
Why do people move here?Waterfront living
Boating
Fishing and Passive Recreation
The Environment
Why do people build here?
Who loses?
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
Four Freedoms Park
Medians
CCHS
CCHS
Lake Saratoga
What does our future hold?New Landscaping Code for Cape Coral
In service training for City EmployeesFYN UniversityPossible Incentives for developers utilizing principles Possibly avoidance of more stringent regulatory programs