Dredging raises the land between 30th Avenue South and Boca Ciega Bay.
Source: Gulfport Historical Society, Our Story of Gulfport, Florida (St. Petersburg, Florida: Gulfport Historical Society, 1985), 27

After World War II, land is dredged from the bayou to create new building space and cut a clear channel into the new marina.
Source: Brown, Lynne S. Images of America Gulfport, Florida. Charleston, NC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999), 81

With permission from the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, developer Al Furen dredges Boca Ceiga Bay.
Source: Aresnault, Raymond, and Davis, Jack, eds. “Paradise Lost?” (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005), 334

The Clean Water Act establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. The CWA made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/laws/cwa.html

The Surface Water Improvement and Management Program is created by a state mandate to address nonpoint pollution sources, such as storm water runoff.
Source: Florida Department of Environmental Protection | http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/swim.htm

The Southwest Florida Water Management District, commonly known as Swiftmud, joins the cities of Gulfport and St. Petersburg in order to restore Clam Bayou. The three planned phases include Osgood Point, Clam Bayou and Twin Brooks Gold Course.
Source: The Gabber (Gulfport, Fla.)

Swiftmud‘s Surface Water Improvement and Management Program, the City of Gulfport and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection complete Phase I of the 1989 Clam Bayou restoration plan by restoring the habitat and improving water quality in 10 acres of Clam Bayou in Gulfport, formerly known as Osgood Point.
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Swiftmud buys 87 acres next to Clam Bayou from condo owner Dick Feinberg (the patch of land is now known as the Feinberg Tract) for $1.4 million. The tract is the largest piece of land acquired by Swiftmud for Clam Bayou.
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District

June – The St. Petersburg City Council authorizes the mayor to apply for a $1.5-million grant to buy more land around Clam Bayou for preservation.
Source: St. Petersburg Times

October – A federal spending bill includes $1 million for land acquisition to help the cleanup of Clam Bayou.
Source: St. Petersburg Times

December - St. Petersburg City Council approves the purchase of property for preservation in Clam Bayou for $2.3 million – $750,000 of the amount is from a state grant.
Source: St. Petersburg Times

April – Part of 34th Avenue South, which ends in Clam Bayou, is vacated to become a park within the public preservation area.
Source: St. Petersburg Times

The restoration of 10 acres on the St. Petersburg side of Clam Bayou includes restoration of habitats, low salinity tidal channels, and lagoons, marsh platforms and uplands as well as treatment of storm water from the watershed.
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District

March 6 – Gulfport Mayor Michael Yakes, Vice Mayor Ted Phillips, and council members Bob Worthington, Mary Stull and Michele King were signatories to the Clam Bayou Resolution (Gulfport Resolution No. 2007-21) put forth by the Gulfport City Council and sent to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. The resolution asks that enforcement powers be granted to the city as well as Swiftmud in regulating Clam Bayou.
Source: Gulfport City Council

Local nonprofit organizations Kayak Nature Adventures and Nature Matters receive $5,000 in water cleanup grants from Swiftmud’s Community Education Grant Program. Nature Matters received additional funds totaling $8,500 from the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and Tampa Water.
Source: Kurt Zuelsdorf, Nature Kayak Adventure.

May 20 - Gulfport City Council votes 4-1 to approve a resolution (No. 2008-33) that calls for the dredging of the large open basin, the mouth of the bayou, the city’s canoe/kayak launch areas and two existing channels. Vice Mayor Michele King is the lone opposing vote.
Source: Gulfport City Council

June 4 – The board purposes to add $200,000 in project funds to a contract with the City of St. Petersburg. The money will be used to acquire remaining tracts of land for restoration. An additional $300,000 for the 2009 fiscal year will be added for auxiliary project elements.
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Currently under way, Phase III is expected to be complete by the end of 2009. Swiftmud plans to restore 121 acres and implement a storm water treatment system, which is being designed by Swiftmud’s Janie Hagberg.
Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District