Florida LAKEWATCH and Fishing for Success


For More Information

Fishing for Success (FFS) has been a highly successful youth education outreach program.  Learn more:

Fishing for Success:
A Community Partnership

Friends of Fishing for Success

Fishing For Success was awarded the prestigious Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary's Honor Award in 2003, for "Enhancing the Capacity of All Rural Residents, Communities and Businesses to Prosper."
       
(Go to FFS Awards Page)

In 2001, Fishing for Success was awarded the Conservation Educator of the Year Award by the Florida Wildlife Federation

On January 23, 2006, Dr. Dan Canfield received the Albert "Ray" Massey Citizen Volunteer Award for Fishing for Success from the City of Gainesville for 2005:

"For Your Outstanding Efforts to Promote Recreational Activities in Gainesville"

Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan proclaimed January 23rd, 2006 as a day to honor Dr. Dan Canfield as a 2005 Albert "Ray" Massey Citizen Volunteer


Learn more about lakes, lake management and aquatic ecology:

Videos and Visuals

Recommended Reading

Links: 

University of Florida Home Page

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS).

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Plant Management in Florida Waters (Guide)

Florida Lake Management Society (FLMS)

North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)

Great American Secchi Dip-In

Fishing For Success


Other Aquatic-related Sites

For more information about how individuals (or groups) can become LAKEWATCH volunteers, contact:

Florida LAKEWATCH
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

(UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation)
7922 NW 71st Street

Gainesville, FL 32653-3071

Toll-free message line: 1-800-LAKEWATCH (525-3928)

Phone: 352/392-4817
Fax: 352/392-4902
E-Mail:
fl-lakewatch@ufl.edu



Florida LAKEWATCH Home Page
School of Forest Resources and Conservation

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