Annual Habitat Restoration Reporting

This form should be used by partners of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) to report habitat restoration, protection, or maintenance projects that were completed, or are anticipated to be completed, between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025. The deadline for submitting this information is July 31, 2025. Please use the habitat definitions available in this document to complete the form.


TBEP reports these activities to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) each year to showcase the important habitat work of you and other partners. TBEP will include reported projects in the annual Habitat Report Card and on the Water Atlas webpage.


Thanks for your continued commitment to protecting, restoring, and enhancing the habitats of the Tampa Bay watershed!


Contact Kerry Flaherty Walia (kfwalia@tbep.org) if you have any questions or issues with the data entry form.

Entity managing the project.

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500 character limit.

Projects should be completed between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2025

Briefly describe the habitat general characteristics (sources of impacts, significant features, site uses, etc.).


The minimum number of characters that this field requires is 25 and the maximum is 500.

Provide a brief description of what took place: background context such as why the restoration/protection is necessary; general location in the estuary/study area; brief elaboration of the restoration technique used; and the intended project outcomes.


The minimum number of characters that this field requires is 75 and the maximum is 750.

Habitat type as defined in TBEP's Habitat Master Plan. See definitions here.

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When reporting a project that has various habitat categories, choose the habitat category that represents the greatest acreage. See definitions here.


"Other" can be used to capture a habitat type that is not listed, such as Living Shorelines.

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Choose the most prevalent technique used during the project.

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Please describe the Restoration Technique used.

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Acres, linear miles, OR linear feet is required. Enter a number with at least two decimal places (i.e., 41.56 acres). If the project did not preserve/restore/protect any acres, linear miles, or linear feet, enter “0”.

Project Location

Enter latitude and longitude values of the project site in decimal degree format (e.g., 27.34567). Be as precise as possible by providing at least 3 digits after the decimal, but no more than 5. See here for directions on how to find a latitude and longitude on Google Maps.

All latitude values in the U.S. are positive, since the U.S. is north of the equator.

All longitude values are negative, since the U.S. is west of the prime meridian.

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Project Photos and Shapefiles

Please upload before, during, and after photos you might have regarding your project; this is not a mandatory field however, it is strongly encouraged. Provide photographer credit and a caption for each photo provided.


A shapefile of your project area would also be appreciated and can be uploaded here.

Upload individual photos and shapefiles here using the following naming conventions:


Before: 2025_Organization_ProjectName_before


During: 2025_Organization_ProjectName_during


After: 2025_Organization_ProjectName_after


Shapefile: 2025_Organization_ProjectName_area

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By attaching photo(s), you are giving permission for your photos to be used by the EPA to showcase your projects on a national level. These photos may also be used locally in TBEP communications as examples of what your community has done to make a difference!

Contact Information

This information will be used for addressing any questions we might have regarding your submission.

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