About Mike Elfenbein
Chair, Charlotte County Soil and
Water Conservation District
Mike Elfenbein was born and raised in Miami and now lives on the SW Florida coast. At the CCSWCD, Mike deals with legislative affairs and works with NRCS and the agriculture community to improve conservation efforts in Charlotte County.
He began his conservation efforts after years in the charter fishing industry. As part of the South Florida Water Management Districts Water Resources Analysis Coalition from 2016 - 2019, he provided valuable input on water and conservation issues throughout the region.
Mike’s previous service on the board and as executive director of the Fishing and Conservation Trust - as well as a delegate for the Everglades Coordinating Council - provided a valuable perspective from the sportsmen community. The 730,000 Big Cypress National Preserve has always been a driving force for his landscape-wide conservation efforts. Those efforts were recognized by Mike’s appointment as Conservation Chair of the Cypress Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, a 100-year-old conservation organization.
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