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5. The project leader is a full-time employee with IRC and her position manages sea turtle nesting and other sea turtle activity outlined by the HCP. She plans to be in this position long-term. As part of the Sea Turtle Program she manages a large group of dedicated volunteers which has grown from 12-20 people in the last year and will continue to grow in coming years. There will be plenty of volunteers available to help create the trunk contents, a handful of them already have experience with presenting at schools and are dedicated to keeping good relations with currently involved schools. and the volunteers will be happy to help build a foundation for this new program. The project leader will be responsible for maintaining the trunk contents over time and all contents will be stored in the county office with other education materials used for various programs. She wit also continue to keep relations with the teachers and is dedicated to building relations with the school district board and private school teachers so all students in IRC have an opportunity to learn more about sea turtle conservation and biology. 6. During the first year of the program I pian on introducing the truck program to ail 4 public middle schools in the county school district. 7.., graders in these schools with be the first cohort of students that received a marine adaptations and conservation presentation in 5th grade during the 15/16 school year. During the first year relationships will be built with these 4 public schools and the 2 charter schools in the school district. By the 2„u year of the program the goal would be to have the trunk in all 6 middle schools. This will happen though teacher relations, word of mouth about the program, and presentations to the county commission and school board after the lst of "learning impact” data has been analyzed. I cannot see any reason why there would be an issue implementing this program. As the application outlines all training will be done by IRG staff before the school year begins with program volunteers and staff and I plan on conducting additional training with IR turtle education volunteers now that the first year of the FLis Traveling Turtles program is complete and all volunteers already have experience helping with other sea turtle education programs. 6. Not at this time. Through presentations. workshops, one year of turtle trunk experience and personal communication I have a very detailed idea of how the program works. I fully support this program and cannot wast to use it if chosen.