Ellie Bunting and Terri Cain will be the guest speakers on Monday, February 10th at 2PM for an event at The Mound House called Preserving Our Preserves: Protecting the Natural Treasures of Estero Island. The event is free and open to the public, however, donations to the Estero Island Historical Society are encouraged.
Join the Estero Island Historical Society to learn about the determination, efforts and donations of Fort Myers Beach and area residents to preserve our natural environment, from the 1960s to the present day. Ellie Bunting and Terry Cain will cover the history, locations and continued conservation efforts to establish and protect Matanzas Pass Preserve and the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve.
Ellie Bunting has served on the Board of Directors of EIHS for the past 20 years, and became President of the EIHS in 2020. Ellie came to FMB as a young child in the early 1950s. For the first 14 years of her life, she lived at Red Coconut Trailer Park. Ellie attended Fort Myers Beach Elementary School and Cypress Lake Junior and Senior High School before moving to Tampa to study English and Reading at the University of South Florida. After she graduated from the University of South Florida, Ellie moved back to the island and has lived here ever since. She has been teaching English at Florida SouthWestern State College since 1980.
Terry Cain was a Conservation Lands Coordinator for Lee County Parks and Recreation Conservation 2020 program for 15 years. Her conservation land responsibilities included Bowditch Point Regional Park Preserve, Matanzas Pass Preserve, Big Hickory Island Preserve, and San Carlos Bay — Bunche Beach Preserve. She previously served on Fort Myers Beach Town Council, Marine Resources Task Force, and Cultural and Environmental Learning Center Advisory Board. She currently serves on the Board of the Friends of Matanzas Pass Preserve. Terry is a retired certified Arborist, Pesticide Applicator, and Wild Land Fire Fighter with a degree in Marine Science.
The Mound House is located at 451 Connecticut Street. Please park beside the lower entrance to the Mound House or in the overflow parking lot at 216 Connecticut Street.