Estero Bay Agency on Bay Management
Negotiations over the permit issuance for the Florida Gulf Coast University led to a Settlement Agreement that called for the creation of the "Arnold Committee" and an assessment of overall land uses and natural systems, environmental protection and mitigation tools in the Estero Bay watershed. Upon completion of the Assessment and its adoption by the Arnold Committee in October of 1996, the Council established and began providing Staff support to the Estero Bay Agency on Bay Management (ABM).

ABM Meetings
The ABM typically meets on the second Monday of each month beginning at 9:30 a.m. Most meetings are held in the conference room of the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council, but some are occasionally held at other sites within the Estero Bay watershed.
Cela Tega*
A series of periodic symposia organized to examine and discuss issues critical to maintaining the health of the Estero Bay Watershed
- 2016 Cela Tega Agenda
- 2016 Cela Tega Save the Date
- Economic Benefits of Conservation Lands Cela Tega (11/02/11)
- Land Managers Cela Tega (06/09/08)
- Land Acquisitions Cela Tega (12/08/08)
- Estero Bay Watershed Symposium (9/28/2009)
*Cela Tega is the southwest Florida native (i.e.: Calusa) term for “A view from high ground”. We used it here to symbolize “overview”. The term was inspired from the Carib Native North American term epopopanana meaning: this is Meeting (Epopo) + And (ana) +Place (Pa) which in Carib syntax is Epopopanana
Agendas
- 01/09/17: Cancelled
- 02/13/18: Cancelled
- 03/12/18: Cancelled
- 04/09/18: Cancelled
- 05/14/18: agenda | minutes
- 06/11/18: agenda | minutes
- 07/09/18: agenda | minutes
- 08/13/18: agenda | minutes
- 09/10/18: agenda | minutes
- 10/08/18: agenda | minutes
- 11/12/18: agenda | minutes
- 12/10/18: agenda | minutes
Tools
- ABM Membership
- Principles of the ABM
- 2014 State of the Bay Report
- 2014 State of the Bay Presentation
- 2009 State of the Bay Report
- 2004 State of the Bay Report
- 1997 State of the Bay Report
- Settlement Agreement
- Arnold Committee Report
- Estero Bay Watershed Assessment
- Coastal Bays and Barrier Islands Conceptual Ecological Model
- Comprehensive Approach to Oyster Restoration in Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program
- Conservation 2020
- Estimate of the Ecosystem Services of Existing Conservation 2020 Lands in Lee County Florida
- RESTORE Act Presentation
- Bonita DRGR Presentation
- FGCU Master Plan
- FGCU Campus Master Plan Update
- Corkscrew Woods Presentation
- ARGO Corkscrew Crossing
- Wild Blue Presentation
- Corkscrew Crossing Presentation
- Caloosahatchee & the Everglades
- When Fracking Isn't Called Fracking
- 2014 Seagrass Mapping
- Conservation 20/20 Overview
- Conservation 20/20 Support