2019 Summer Sarasota County Parks and Recreation Internship Powerpoint

1. Summer 2019 Internship
Experience
KATRINA BERNAUS AND CALVIN ZERRY

2. AboutMe-Katrina MY INTERESTS
Love for the ocean, the environment, and
creating community! I love to enjoy nature and
protect it
UBC FACULTY OF FORESTRY
Studying Natural Resources Conservation with a
a major in Global Perpectives- science, forestry,
policy, economics, and sociology
SARASOTA COUNTY PRNR
What can I learn about how the government
manages land for environmental and
community purposes?

3. About Me..
Calvin Zerry
• From St. Augustine
• FSU Graduate Spring 2019
-Geography Major
-IT, Environmental Science Minor
• Sailing Club
• Surf Club
• Marine Cartography

5. Experiences
PARK EVENTS
Kids Beach Runs
Fourth of July Weekend
Boys and Girls Club Career Day
Under 23 Rowing
FIELD WORK
Mapping South Lido
Coogan Grass Mapping
Scrub Jay Watches
Waterways
Invasive Species Management
Turtle Tagging
DATA COLLECTION AND
ORGANIZATION
Siesta Beach Parking
Damage Assessment Routes
PRNR 101 Guide
BUSINESS OPERATION
SHADOW
Turtle Beach Campground
CRTO Program
Concessions
Central Reservations

6. Highlights
KAYAKING
TED SPERLING
WATERWAYS
SCRUB
JAYS
TURTLE
TAGGING

7. PARKS VISITED
25+
325+HOURS SPENT IN PARKS

8. Skills We
Learned
Data Collection
Public Ethics and
Service
Organization,
Communication,
Networking

9. Processes We
Watched
Business Operation
Monitoring
Land Acquisition and
Management
Communications
Planning

10. Kid's Summer
Beach Runs
LARGE SCALE PARKS
RECREATION WEEKLY
ATHLETIC EVENTS
• Active observation and
participation being responsible for
the event representing PRNR and
the County
• Closer look at Beach Park
management
• Brohard and Siesta Key Beaches

11. Siesta Beach
Parking
ANALYZING CITIZEN
RESPONSES
• categorization of responses
• presenting results

12. Siesta Beach
Parking Results
QUICK SUMMARIES
CATEGORIZED DATA
1017
Responses

13. Siesta Beach
Parking Results
NEED FOR
MORE PARKING
OPINIONSON
PAIDPARKING

14. DESTINATIONS MAPPED
185
parks
29 Staff
members
OFFICIAL ROUTES FOR
Damage
Assesment
Routes
EFFICIENT EMERGENCY
PLAN CREATION
• creation of official navigational
routes for parks employees in the
case of a disaster event
• Introduction to staff and parks
across the county
• practical cartography
29
lots

15. Damage Assessment Routes
PLANNED, TIMED AND MAPPED
ROUTE FOR STAFF MEMBERS 3 HUBS
DETAILED
MAPS OF
LOTS

16. Coogan Grass
Mapping
COORDINATES FOR
INVASIVE MANAGEMENT
• using historical data in Jelk's
preserve
• polygons for targetted treatment
• using QGIS and Google to visualize
our results

17. Coogan
Grass
Mapping
RAW
COORDINATE
DATA
JELK'S PRESERVE
(MAPPED AREA
BOTTOM RIGHT)
COOGAN GRASS
MAPPED AREAS

18. POINTS MAPPED
64
Trail
TUNNELS MAPPED
South Lido
Mapping Project
GPS SURVEYING TASK
• infield official documentation of
various park rescources such
picnic areas, water access, trail
bends, etc.
• gps coordinate acquistion of the
tunnels themselves, bends,
crossroads, entrances, exits,
notable areas
• County Park Ranger with us as
Guide
32
Tunnel
152
Acres

19. MANGROVE TUNNEL MAPPING

20. POINTS MAPPED
4
Picnic
Areas
5
BEACH ACESS
POINTS
SOUTH LIDO TRAILS GPS
SURVEY
• infield official documentation of
various park rescources such
picnic areas, water access, trail
bends, etc.
• Received cart training
11
special
points
31trailpoints

21. Our Amazing
Experience!

22. Multi-platform
Tools
RYAN
MURPHY SUPERVISOR
ANNE
FLEMING CALVIN'S MENTOR
LAURA
GRAHAM KATRINA'S MENTOR
...And the rest of the Intern
Sarasota Team !

23. Thank You!