Publications

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You may also order printed copies of publications for a fee from Allegra Print & Imaging, 2505 W. 15th Street, Panama City, Florida, 32401. 
Phone:  850-747-9000.

BEST PUBLICATIONS

BEST Publication No.
Publication Title
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 NEW St. Andrew Bay Storm Management Plan - Collection, Organization, Options, and Prioritization (COOP) Project Download Part 1 (15.9 MB) Part 2 (18.5 MB)
Part 3 (17.7 MB) Part 4 (16.2 MB) Part 5 (22.7 MB)

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 Keppner, E.J., Mann, J.T., Newman, J, and Barkuloo, J. 2005. BEST and BEST, Inc. Principles, Policies and Procedures Guide. April 2005. 13 pp. (.pdf file, 153 KB)
 
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 NEP Nomination, St. Andew Bay and its Watershed. 1995. 112 pp. (.pdf file, 21 MB)
#0001R

Keppner, E.J.  2002.  An Inventory of the Biological Resources Reported from the St. Andrew Bay Estuarine System, Bay County, Florida.  A Revision.  Bay Environmental Study Team (BEST) Public. 0001R. 106 pp. 
(.pdf file, 24 MB)
#0002, 5th Revision

Keppner, E.J. and Keppner, L.A. 2006. Species of Vascular Plants Reported from Bay County, Florida. BEST Publication #0002, 5th Revision. June 2006. 52 pp.  (.pdf file, 393 kb)
#0004R
 Keppner, Edwin J. and Keppner, Lisa, A. 2001. The St. Andrew Bay Ecosystem, Our Environment. A Revision of "A Look to the Future". St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team Publication #0004R. Revised June 2008. viii + 122 pp. (.pdf file, 1.2 MB)
#0005

Keppner, E.J. and Keppner, L.A.  2005.  Some Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta:Odonata) From Bay County, Florida.  BEST Biodiv. Subcomm.  BEST Publication #0005.  March 2005.  11 pp. + figures & photographs. (.pdf file, 5.6 MB)
#0006
 St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team Natural Resources Habitat Sub-Committee. 2005. Turning Back the Clock: Enhancing Fish Habitat by Restoring Developed Shorelines to their Natural State. A Final Report Submitted to The Fish America Foundation Foundation. Reference No. 3043. BEST Publication #0006. March 2005. 7 pp. (.doc Word file, 75 KB)
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 Keppner, L.A. and Keppner E.J.  2005.  Tracked and Protected Species in Bay County and the St. Andrew Bay Ecosystem, Florida.  BEST Publication #0007. April 2005. 52 pp. (.pdf file, 21.5 MB)
#0008
 Lamb, Neil, J. Ph.D. and Shaw, June, S. MA. 2005. Shoreline Survey of Beatty Bayou, Bay County, Florida. A report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service from Friends of Beatty Bayou, Inc. BEST Publication #0008. August 2005. 47 pp. (.pdf file, 18 MB)
#0009
 Keppner, Edwin J. Ph.D. and Lamb, Neil, J. Ph. D. 2006.  A Land Conservation/Preservation Concept for Bay County. BEST Publication #0009. January 2006. 91 pp. (.pdf file, 48.9 MB)
#0010
 Lamb, Neil, J. Ph.D, Friends of Beatty Bayou, Inc. and BEST Natural Resources Habitat Committee. 2006. Beatty Bayou Bird Survey, Beatty Bayou, Bay County, Florida. A report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. BEST Publication #0010. April 2006. 9 pp.  (.pdf file, 734 kb)
#0011 Lamb, Neil, J., Ph.D. 2006. West Bay Seagrass Restoration Pilot Project. Final Report To United States Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program Grant: 1448-40181-00-G-155. BEST Publication #0010. September 2006. 28 pp. (.pdf file, 3.5 MB)
#0012 Keppner, Edwin J. Ph.D. 2007. West Bay Impoundment Study.  Part I. A compilation of the surveys including general, historical, and regulatory information. For: St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team, Inc.  In conjunction with: Neil J. Lamb, Ph.D., Avifauna Contractor; Lisa A. Keppner, BA, Species and Biotic Community Diversity Contractor; James Prater, Ph.D., Hydrology Contractor.  BEST Publication #0012. April 2007. 182 pp. (.pdf file, 46 MB)

Funded by: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Marine Habitiat Grant #2005-0219-000.
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The BEST Administrative Support Team 2006 Annual Report. BEST Publication #0013. 22 pp. (.pdf file, 1.1 MB)
#0016

Baum, Jason. 2008. St. Andrew Bay Watershed Stormwater Outfall Mapping Project. For the St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team, Inc. Funded by the USFWS Coastal Program. BEST Publication #0016. October 14, 2008. 36 pp. (.pdf file, 1.3 MB)


OTHER PUBLICATIONS

#0014

Himes, J. Ph.D. and Paul Moler. 2007. A List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the St. Andrew Bay Ecosystem, Florida. For: Friends of St. Andrew Bay, Biodiversity Subcommittee, Ed and Lisa Keppner, Co-chairs. BEST Publication #0014. August 2007. 12 pp. (.pdf file, 775 kb)
#0015

Keppner, Edwin J. Ph.D. and Lisa A. Keppner. 2007. Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) of the St. Andrew Bay Ecosystem and Bay County, Florida. Co-Chairs, Biodiversity Subcommittee, Friends of St. Andrew Bay for St. Andrew Bay Environmental Study Team, Inc. and Friends of St. Andrew Bay. BEST Publication #0015. November 2007. 18 pp. (.pdf file, 1.8 MB)
 

Lamb, Neil, J. and Keppner, Edwin J. 2004. An Inventory of Conservation Easements in Bay County, Florida.  Bay County Audubon Society, December 2004. 24 pp + tables + figures.

Main Text (.pdf file, 30 MB)
Map Appendix (.pdf file, 21 MB)
  St. Andrew Bay Watershed Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM) Plan. September 2000. Northwest Florida Water Management District.