Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades

The First Biennial Review, 2006

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  1. 251 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades

The First Biennial Review, 2006

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About this book

This report is the first in a congressionally mandated series of biennial evaluations of the progress being made by the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades and return the ecosystem closer to its natural state, before it was transformed by drainage and by urban and agricultural development. The Restoration plan, which was launched in 1999 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, includes more than 40 major projects that are expected to be completed over the next three decades. The report finds that progress has been made in developing the scientific basis and management structures needed to support a massive effort to restore the Florida Everglades ecosystem. However, some important projects have been delayed due to several factors including budgetary restrictions and a project planning process that that can be stalled by unresolved scientific uncertainties. The report outlines an alternative approach that can help the initiative move forward even as it resolves remaining scientific uncertainties. The report calls for a boost in the rate of federal spending if the restoration of Everglades National Park and other projects are to be completed on schedule.

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Table of contents

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Summary
  3. 1 Introduction
  4. 2 The Restoration Plan in Context
  5. 3 Program Planning, Financing, and Coordination
  6. 4 The Use of Science in Decision Making
  7. 5 Progress Toward Natural System Restoration
  8. 6 An Alternative Approach to Advancing Natural System Restoration
  9. References
  10. Acronyms
  11. Glossary
  12. Appendixes
  13. Appendix A 2005 Report to Congress Past and Future Accomplishments Tables1
  14. Appendix B Master Implementation Sequencing Plan
  15. Appendix C Status of Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) Components1
  16. Appendix D WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD
  17. Appendix E Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff