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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.
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FYN principles of environmentally
friendly landscaping:
1) Planting the right plant/right spot
2) Watering efficiently
3) Mulching
4) Recycling
5) Fertilizing appropriately
6) Using pesticides responsibly
7) Providing for wildlife
8) Preventing stormwater runoff
9) Living on the waterfront
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Why FYN?
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Why do people move here?
Waterfront living
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Boating
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Fishing and Passive Recreation
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The Environment
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Why do people build here?
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Who loses?
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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
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Four Freedoms Park
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Medians
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CCHS
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CCHS
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Lake Saratoga
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What does our future hold?
New Landscaping Code for Cape Coral
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In service training for City Employees
FYN University
Possible Incentives for developers utilizing principles
Possibly avoidance of more stringent regulatory programs