Isaac Nelson
Award Winning Conservationist, Television Host,
& Founder of The Eco Scouts
Featured Speaker At The Explorers Club For World Oceans Week & Keynote Speaker for The Everglades Foundation Symposium
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Awards
Awards
2026 Barron Prize Winner
2026 Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award Winner
2026 Future Waves Student Of The Year
2025 Winner Cox Conserves Hero Planet Protector
2025 Go Blue Awards 1st Place Winner
2026 Frost Science Center Stem Challenge 1st Place
2026 Global Environmental Education Partnership Youth Innovation Challenge
2026 Florida Water Management District Special Award Winner
2026 Telly Award Winner
2026 Eye of A Scientist Science Fair Award Winner
2025 Cox Science Center Mad Scientist Award Winner
2025 Wavemaker Entrepreneur of The Year
2025 1st Place Palm Beach Regional Science Fair
2024 In Water Research Youth Driven Cinema 1st Place Winner
2024 Dr. Sylvia Earle's Rising Wavemaker of The Year
2024 Eye of A Scientist Science Fair Change The World Award Winner
2023 Award Winning Picture Book Author of "Luna and The False Crawl"
2021 Finalist Robert Irwin's Crikey Photography Competition
Projects
Projects
Founder of Non Profit Organization The Eco Scouts, Serving South Florida since 2021
World Oceans Week Featured Speaker at the Explorers Club in New York
Television Host Kids Quest In The Palm Beaches on Destination America with a reach of 80 million viewers and Telly Award Winner
Keynote Speaker for the Everglades Foundation Education Symposium
Podcast Host Come Follow Me Kids With Over 1,000,000 families listening
JILONA Mangrove and Native Plant Nursery Designer and Caretaker
Founder Jupiter Inlet Clam Beds Restoration Project
Leader of The Jupiter Inlet Vertical Oyster Garden Program
2026 My Hero International Film Festival Winner
CCA Florida Fred Crabill Youth Scholarship Program Top 10 Finalist
Nationally Recognized Drone Racing Engineer
2025 Host Palm Beach Student Showcase of Films
Research
Research
2026 EarthEcho International Water Challenge Ambassador
2026 Author Combating Invasive Pomacea Canaliculata Through Development of a Biocompatible Molluscicide That Terminates Egg Mass Viability
2026 South Florida Water Management District 1st Place Special Award For Scientific Research
2025 Author Discovering Non-Ocular Vision and Visually Guided Behavior in Lytechinus Variegatus
2025 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovator Challenge Nominee
2024 Living Oyster Mat Microplastic Removal Research aka "Microplastics Shuck"
3x ORCA A Day In The Life Of The Indian River Lagoon Water Chemistry and Ecological Survey Participant
West Palm Beach Fishing Club Grant Awardee
Youth Ocean Conservation Summit Grant Awardee
Eco Scout Projects
Eco Scout Projects
Environmental Service & Education Over The Years
Sea Grass Restoration
Mangrove Nursery Build
Shoreline Restoration
Oyster Rag Pot Construction
Benthic Camera Engineering
Native Orchid Propogation
Dune Restoration
Civic Advocacy
Vertical Oyster Gardens
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Mangrove Propogation
Plastic Awareness
Invasive Weeding
Shoreline Erosion
Island Restoration
Oyster Matting
Native Dune Planting
Shoreline Clean Up
Plant Donations
Native Plant Nursery
Oyster Curing Station
Clam Spawning
Tequesta Outreach
River To Reef
Watershed Education
Propagule Rescue
Mycology Research
Mangrove Re-Potting
Florida Farming
Manatee Education
Mosquito Lab
Wildlife Photography
Shark Tagging
Water Quality Data
Night Entomology
JILONA Archaeology
Fish Data Collection
Animal Enrichment
ORCA Seine Netting
Shoreline Data
Fish Toxicant Data
River Clean Up
Sargassum Studies
Native Bird Survey
Native Orchid Lab
Island Clean-Up
Community Greening
Graffiti Clean Up
Native Plantings
Trash Recycling
Jewel Cove Survey
Invasive Fish Tourney
Angari Drift Cards
Slough Exploration
Mangrove Planting
Nest Excavation
Loxahatche Cleanup
River Center Seine
Swamp Surveys
Water Chemistry
Awards
Awards
Go Blue Awards Youth Winner
Cox Conserves Hero Planet Protector
Future Waves Entrepreneur Of The Year Winner
Baron Prize For Young Heroes Winner
Explorers Club World Oceans Week Featured Speaker
My Hero International Film Festival Winner
1st Place Frost Science Center STEM Challenge Winner
Everglades Foundation Symposium Keynote Speaker
Dr. Sylvia Earle's Rising Wavemaker of The Year
Telly Award Winner
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award
Coastal Conservation Assoc. Scholarship
Eye of A Scientist Foundation Awardee
Wavemaker Student of the Year 2025
GEEP Youth Innovation Challenge Finalist
Robert Irwin "Crikey" Photography Finalist
EarthEcho International Water Challenge Ambassador
Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science Stem Challenge
Change the World Award From Eye of a Scientist Foundation
South Florida Water Management District Special Award Winner
Drone Race Engineer National Qualifier
Eye Of A Scientist Planet Protector Award
In Water Research Youth Driven Cinema Winner
Cox Science Center MAD Scientist Honoree
Palm Beach County Science & Engineering 1st Place Animal Sciences
Youth Ocean Conservation Summit Grant Awardee
Cox Science Center First Lego League Regional Robotics Winner
Partners
Partners
Bureau of Land Management
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum Natural Area
West Palm Beach Fishing Club
Palm Beach County Enviornmental Resource Management
University of Miami
Ocean Research & Conservation Association ORCA
MANG
Loggerhead Marine Life Center
Cox Communications
University of Florida
Village of Tequesta
Cox Science Center & Aquarium
Macarthur Beach State Park
Future Wavemakers
Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
Frost Science Center
Meyers Turf & Landscaping
WXEL South Florida PBS Studios
FPAN Florida Public Archaeology Network
Pine Island Redfish
The Village of Tequesta
Oyster River Ecology
River Bend Park And The Jupiter Outdoor Center
In Water Research Group
Latter Day Saint Earth Stewards
Indie House Films\
Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch
Collaborations
Collaborations
Marine Mega Fauna Foundation
Guy Harvey Foundation
Nova Southeastern University
The Reef Institute
Kai Kai Farm
National Geographic
Lion Country Safari
Excelsa Gardens
International Seakeepers Society
Palm Beach Historical Society
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
Taras Oceanographic Foundation
Sharks4Kids
Florida Audobon Society
South Florida Mycology Society
Florida Oceanographic Society
Resource Depot
Manatee Lagoon
Johnathan Dickenson State Park
Solid Waste Authority
Hobe Sound Nature Center
Grassy Water Preserve
Loxahatchee Battlefield Preservationists
American Shark Conservancy
Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
Mentors
Mentors
National Geographic Explorer at Large Dr. Sylvia Earle
Former CEO of Apple and Pepsi Co John Sculley
Gabrielle McGee, Founder Future Wavemakers & Mission Blue
Jack Lighton, CEO of the 4Ocean Foundation
Benji Studt, Director of PBCERM
Erik Eisenberg, CEO of the Everglades Foundation
Aquanaut Phillipe Cousteau of EarthEcho International
Lucas Martinez, Wildlife Filmaker
Forest Galante, Discovery Television Host
Harvey Oyer, Author & Adventurer
National Geographic Explorer Andres Ruso
National Geographic Explorer Killi Yuyan
Joseph Unsworth, Rosenstiel School of Marine Science
Dr Todd Osborne Whitney Lab for Marine Biosciences
Jeff Biege, Wildlife Photographer
Christa Jewett, Salt Water Studies
Dr Brian Lapointe of NASA
Benji Hicks, Emmy Award Winning Wildlife Photographer
Dr Chelsea Bennice Marine Biologist
Lady Merle Liivand, Olympian
Tori Linder, National Geographic Producer
Isaac's Mentors & Inspiration
Isaac's Mentors & Inspiration
Her Deepness Dr Syvlia Earle
John Sculley Apple/Pepsi CEO
Gabrielle McGee Future Waves
Harvey Oyer Author
Benji Studt PBC Enviornmental
Jack Lighton CEO 4Ocean
Aquanaut Explorer Fabien Cousteau
Erik Eisenberg CEO Everglades Foundation
Oceanographer Philippe Cousteau
American Explorer Josh Bernstein
Television Host Forrest Galante
Nat Geoscientist Andres Ruzo
Carlee Jackson Marine Biologist
Richard Garriott Astronaut
Kiliii Yuyan Nat Geo Explorer
Luca Martinez Conservation Films
Sam Oldmeadow Red Sea Global
Sam Teicher Founder Coral Vita
Christie Nelson Podcast Host
Tori Linder Nat Geo Producer
Jeff Biege Photography
Merle Liivand Olympian
Dr. Brian Lapointe Professor at FAU
Astronaut Nicole Stott
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