Blue Backyard Inc.

“Other expenses totaling 3314445 expense description research equipment purchased from acoustic telemetry company innovasea for environmrntal conservation research and ongoing education projects associated juvenille shark habitat use in biscayne bat amount 2833500 expense description payments made to amazons mechanical turk online survey portal as part of an ongoing socia-environmental research into public knowledge and attitudes towards local conservation issues amount 386650 expense description payments made to university of texas at austin for genetic sample processing as part of population gentics research on sharks with early career scientist mentee amount 10296 expense description payments to instrumentl and online grant research database amount 65600 expense description bank fees and related supplies amount 18400”

“Expenses 33,144 total 33,144”

“Liabilities listed in part 2 include the above expenses as well as contracted work for the completion of research and education research listed on part 1 line 13”

“0 64,865”

“Blue backyard (dba field school foundation) is to promote engagement in environmental science and conservation by underrepresented and underserved groups. Fsf supports this purpose and mission by: a) funding and supporting interdisciplinary environemnt”

“Completed research project on interdisciplinary environmental conservation and programming. Rearch papers generated explored public discourse around key environmental drivers in florida, critically reviewed and synthesized key scientific literature on agriculture, tourism, and development in the state, executed a large scale public survey on these problems. A synthesis report with key opportunities for environemntal research and educational programming was produced.”

“Developed a new program to support underrespresented minorities in shark science (miss program) through training and mentorship opportunities. Four women of color, who are early career shark scientists, have been contracted to develop online infrastructure and workshop content for programs offered in 2021.”

“An interdisciplinary shark ecology and conservation program has been developed to study and protect endangered juvenille hammerheads in bicayne bay. This has included the expansion of an acoustic telemetry array and purchase of acoustic tags to track shark movement in the area and the processing of genetic samples. Development and deployment this research program has involved training and mentorship of early career scientists interested in movement ecology and population genetics.”

“Research project was completeed on public attitudes toward sharks and shark conservation. This project was completeed as part of a student internship with an early career female scientist who was trained to design, collect, and analyze social science data for conservation.”