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purre's board of directors

Maureen valiquette - Vice-Chairperson

Founding PURRE Board Member

Maureen Valiquette - Operations Manager PURRE

Maureen has lived on Sanibel, Florida since 1991. She became passionate about the water quality problems when scum and dead fish appeared regularly in the canal behind her house. She and her husband, Michael, formed the PURRE Water Coalition in 2004 when no one could answer their questions. Last year they were named one of "Five Who  Made A Difference" by Gulf Coast magazine, and in 2006 were named "People of the Year" by the Sanibel Captiva Chamber of Commerce.

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"We must build a peace in South Florida - a peace between the people and their place, between the natural environment and man-made settlement, between the works of man and the life of mankind itself. "
~ Florida Gov. Reubin Askew ~