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Community management and the importance of license plates in Tampa Bay
A sign with a picture of a "tarpon tag" license plate. The text underneath states, "This project was funded by a grant from Tampa Bay Estuary Program's Specialty License Plate"

An example of the "tarpon tag" license plate. For $17 a year, Florida residents can have this specialty license plate which funds dozens of community projects every year. (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College)

Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
What effect can a cool license plate have on your local ecosystem? In the Tampa Bay area, simply purchasing a specialty license plate, adorned in the iconic tarpon, funds dozens of projects annually through the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.