State of the Gulf Conference
Rookery Bay Learning Center, 8:00am – 2pm

Sustainable Growth Workshop
Rookery Bay Learning Center, 8:30am – 4:30pm

Sustainable Growth Review
Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort,
Seagull Room, 6pm - 8pm

GARY LYTTON

Mr. Lytton has served as Director of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Naples, Florida since 1990. He is responsible for administration and supervision of the 110,000-acre Reserve, working with over thirty on-site employees involved in research, education, and coastal stewardship. Lytton also serves as the state’s Regional Administrator for Aquatic Preserves in Southwest Florida, supervising field offices and staff in Tampa Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Estero Bay and Biscayne Bay.

In addition, he is the President of the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, a national non-profit organization representing the interests of managers and staff at twenty-seven National Research Reserves across the country. Mr. Lytton will provide an overview of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance and is himself the Florida State Lead for the Alliance in the Environmental Education Team.

Mr. Lytton spoke in the State of the Gulf Conference and the Red Tide Workshop, the Water Woes Workshop, and in the Sustainable Growth.