55th Anniversary Celebration of Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserve

Friends of the Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves and the Clearwater Historical Society present the 55th Anniversary Celebration of Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserve. Join us for Hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, and private viewing of Clyde Butcher's Living Waters exhibit to support the Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves Program, responsible for managing nearly 400,000 acreas of submerged land in Tampa Bay.

Learn more about our local aquatic preserves and how you can get involved through interactive and hands on activities. All ages are welcome! Please confirm attendance by reserving your free ticket. Space is limited.

About the Exhibit:

The Clearwater Historical Society, along with The Friends of Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves and The Aquatic Preserve Society, bring you a summer show by famous landscape photographer Clyde Butcher: Living Waters, and the Florida Landscape. Clyde Butcher, a self-taught professional photographer is known for his remarkable black and white and landscape photographs. He is a longtime devoted supporter of environmental causes and donated this collection of 29 large-format photographs to the Aquatic Preserve Society. We are honored to be the first to host the 2024 exhibit tour of Clyde Butcher's photographs that are timeless, awe inspiring, amd a local treasure waiting to be discovered or rediscovered. The exhibit will run Wednesday-Saturday (10:00 am - 2:00 pm) from June 5-July 27, 2024.

All proceeds benefit the Friends of Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves, a 501(c)3 organization. For more information, visit our website: www.tampabayaquaticpreserves.org.

Host or Publisher Friends of Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserves