EPA top deputy tours Charlotte Harbor
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An entourage of state aquatic preserve managers and national estuary program partners accompany Nancy Stoner, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's acting assistant administrator for water, on a tour of Charlotte Harbor Thursday. Stoner is the third person from left.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Director Lisa Beever, left foreground, shakes hands with EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Nancy Stoner as state Aquatic Preserves Manager Heather Stafford docks a boat following their tour of Charlotte Harbor, at the Matlacha Pass boat ramp Thursday.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Director Lisa Beever, left foreground, shakes hands with EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Nancy Stoner as state Aquatic Preserves Manager Heather Stafford docks a boat following their tour of Charlotte Harbor, at the Matlacha Pass boat ramp Thursday.
MATLACHA PASS — As a high-ranked administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nancy Stoner normally watches over the nation’s water resources like a hawk soaring at 10,000 feet.
But she zoomed in for a close-up look at Charlotte Harbor on Thursday, when she was taken on an all-day tour via pontoon boat.