Welcome to all TBAEP members and future members! Come and network with your colleagues, and enjoy lunch, and an exciting presentation on seagrass mapping updates.

SPEAKER Chris Anastasiou, Ph.D., Southwest Florida Water Management District.

Chris Anastasiou is Chief Water Quality Scientist and Seagrass Mapping Program Lead for the Southwest Florida Water Management District, where he is responsible for the successful implementation of the District's aerial seagrass mapping program covering the west-central Gulf Coast of the Florida Peninsula from Cedar Key south to Charlotte Harbor. He holds a Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of South Florida and has been working in and around the springs of Florida for more than 25 years.