David Viker
Chief of the Southeast Region’s National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Kenneth Rice
Center Director United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Chris Wynn
North Central Region Director for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Peter Frederick
Research Professor of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation with the University of Florida

Leslie Sturmer
Extension Agent IV with School of Forest & Resources with the University of Florida

Eric Hellgren
Chair of NBSC Technical Advisory Committee of Nature Coast Biological Department (NCBS)/Department Chair  of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation at the University of Florida

Tom Mirti
Hydrologic Services Bureau Chief at the Suwannee River Water Management District

Rob Ahrens
Assistant Professor with Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Dr. Ahrens is an expert in quantitative, fisheries and aquatic ecology

Mark DeHaven
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Leslie Sturmer, left, an aquaculture extension agent with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, checks clams with Mike Hodges, owner of Hodges Seafood Company in Cedar Key, Monday April 10, 2006. Hodges, who harvests 15 to 20 baskets of clams a week every week of the year, has worked closely with Sturmer to build the clam industry in the Gulf Coast village.
Leslie Sturmer, left, an aquaculture extension agent with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, checks clams with Mike Hodges, owner of Hodges Seafood Company in Cedar Key, Monday April 10, 2006. Hodges, who harvests 15 to 20 baskets of clams a week every week of the year, has worked closely with Sturmer to build the clam industry in the Gulf Coast village.
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Nature Coast Biological Station
552 1st Street
PO Box 878
Cedar Key, FL 32625
ncbs@ifas.ufl.edu

Our Mission

The mission of the NCBS is to enhance the conservation and sustainability of natural resources throughout the Nature Coast through collaborative research, enhanced public engagement, field-based courses, and hands-on training workshops.

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