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06-Apr-01     

SOUTH FLORIDA RESTORATION SCIENCE FORUM

http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/ 

     The South Florida Restoration Science Forum website highlights    the powerful connection between science and management decisions in    restoration efforts. You can see first-hand how the public's investment    in science is paying off in support of better management decisions and    restoration of imperiled south Florida Ecosystems - including the    internationally recognized, globally significant Everglades.    The Forum affords a unique opportunity for everyone to see highlights    of the most significant restoration science and management efforts    underway.
     Hundreds of scientists from numerous organizations have prepared over    five hundred posters and exhibits to show you the strength of the    science that is done to have science-based decisions in managing the    restoration effort.    The forum is being held by the Working Group of the South Florida    Ecosystem Restoration Task Force whoses member organizations are    responsible for the multi billion dollar restoration projects in south Florida.

DISPLAY AREAS

HYDROLOGY How are we going to adequately meet the increasing and competitive needs for water by the natural, urban, and agricultural areas? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/hydrology/

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS How do we ensure the delivery of the right amount of fresh water - at the right time and of good quality - to sustain and enhance coastal waters? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/coastal/

LANDSCAPE SYNTHESIS AND ECOLOGICAL MODELING How can we best describe, understand, and predict ecological changes at the landscape and regional levels? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/landeco/

HISTORICAL SETTINGS How do environmental histories of the Everglades help future management? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/historical/

WILDLIFE AND WETLAND ECOLOGY How do scientific studies enable managers to ensure the preservation and sustainability of wetlands and wildlife? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/wild_wet_eco/

INVASIVE SPECIES What are they? Where do they come from? Where are they now? Where are they going? What can be done about them? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/species/

NUTRIENTS What nutrient levels and loads need to be achieved in order to preserve the integrity of the ecosystem? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/nutrients/

MERCURY Is Mercury the Achilles Heel of the restoration effort? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/mercury/ Also: ACME - Aquatic Cycling of Mercury in the Everglades (ACME) and the Southern Inland and Coastal System (SICS) Projects http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/acme_sics

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE How can productive and profitable agriculture support restoration goals? http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/sustain/

          Everglades

03-Apr-01  

Geological Survey activities in connection with the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP: General information, vision statement, team members and program coordinator
http://fl.water.usgs.gov/CERP/cerp.html

01-Feb-01

Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem  

Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan: A Critique of the Pilot Projects and Related Plans for ASR in the Lake Okeechobee and Western Hillsboro Areas.  A federal law enacted in December calls for a multi-billion dollar effort to restore the Florida Everglades' natural ecosystem. This report offers advice on restoration pilot projects that would involve storing excess surface water underground and pumping it back up for use during droughts.

Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan: A Critique of the Pilot Projects and Related Plans for ASR in the Lake Okeechobee and Western Hillsboro Areas

Copyright  © 2000 National Academies  All rights reserved.

01-Sept-00

2001 EVERGLADES CONSOLIDATED REPORT    
Draft ready for review
South Florida Water Management District

The Everglades Reports summarize available data and findings from research
and monitoring of the Everglades Protection Area, and will be used by the
South Florida Water Management District and Florida Department of
Environmental Protection for making decisions affecting implementation of
the Everglades Construction Project and related activities.

The Reports have been produced pursuant to the Everglades Forever Act
(Section 373.4592(4)(d) Florida Statutes), which requires the District to
submit a report to state officials after conducting a scientific peer
review. Information from the Everglades Reports will be updated annually
beginning in January 1, 2000 in peer-reviewed reports also required under
the Act. These reports represent an important step in the process of
reviewing technical information on the Everglades Protection Area and
communicating progress on Everglades research and monitoring.
SFWMD  

•  SFWMD Everglades Reports Home

•  Download from ftp server (pdf documents)

•  View / Download the draft report on-line (pdf)

•  Peer Review of the 2001 Everglades Consolidated Report

•  Public Workshops AGENDA

•  WebBoard Conferencing

•  Previous Reports (pdf)

31-Jul-00

COORDINATING SUCCESS:  
Strategy for Restoration of the South Florida Ecosystem 
(PDF documents)

The purpose of this document is to describe the existing federal and nonfederal programs designed to restore and sustain the imperiled South Florida ecosystem. Many federal, state, tribal, and local entities are working to address the deteriorating ecological conditions in South Florida. The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (the task force) coordinates and tracks the work. Congress directed the task force to produce a restoration strategy.  

This document provides the information needed to coordinate and integrate the restoration effort.  Congress identified four elements to be included in this document. They wanted it to outline how the restoration effort will occur, identify the resources needed, establish responsibility for accomplishing actions, and link the strategic goals established by the participants to out-come-oriented goals (see appendix A). This document describes how the restoration effort is being coordinated: The task force members have agreed upon a vision for the results; they have established three broad goals and measurable objectives for the work that needs to be accomplished to achieve that vision; they have identified the projects needed to achieve the objectives; they are coordinating those projects so that they are mutually supportive and nonduplicative; and they are tracking progress toward both the work-oriented goals and the results-oriented vision. This strategy, along with the vision, goals, objectives, performance measures, and individual project data (including cost, responsible agency, and targeted completion dates) are all included in this document.

This strategy document is for planning purposes only, is subject to modification, and is not legally binding on any of the task force members. Each task force member and the interests they represent retain all of their sovereign rights, authorities, and jurisdiction for implementation of the projects contained within this document.
Published by:  SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION TASK FORCE

•    Documents page

•    Click here for internal link to Executive Summary (html document)

 

11-Feb-00

•  Rescuing an Endangered Ecosystem - The Plan to Restore America's Everglades
Army Corps and SFWMD public relations site developed to inform and involve the public in the review of the current Central and Southern Florida Project.  


•  South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Taskforce operates under provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 - Section 528 excerpted here as it pertains to South Florida Ecosystem restoration.  Our home page reflects the structure and composition that was implemented under this Act. For information about the former Task Force, which operated under the Interagency Agreement, please see our Archive page. 

For more information about the Task Force or its Sub-Groups, please write or call:
Office of Public Affairs
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
c/o: Florida International University
University Park, OE 148
Miami FL 33199
Phone: 305/348-1665

•  South Florida Water Resource Projects
USACE presentation to restoration task force
September 29, 1999

•  Splendor in the Swamp
Remnants of a panoramic paradise have survived in the Everglades, even after a century of pumping, draining, channelizing, and levee-building.

•  South Florida Restoration   Science Forum
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force with links to Mercury Problem, Agriculture, Wildlife, Hydrology, Historical Settings, Invasive Exotic Species, Landscape Synthesis and More. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology
September  9, 1999

•  First stormwater treatment area begins discharging water into the Everglades
U.S. Waterways News Online, January 1998

•  What is Everglades Nutrient Removal Project?
Florida Plants, by Leigh Fulghum

•  The Everglades Nutrient Removal Project:  A Constructed Wetland Designed to Treat Agricultural Runoff/Drainage
University of Florida, W. Abtew, et al., abstract of article

•  EDF and Florida Agency Join in Everglades Restoration Effort
Environmental Defense Fund - Vol. XXVI, No. 3 --  news brief, May 1995

     General topic of restoration

•  Environment Science and Technology - "Moving Us  Toward a Sustainable Future
White House - Science and Technology - Shaping the twenty first
century - Chapter 4

Water Conservation Areas

•  West WCA-3A Hydropattern Restoration
South Florida Water Management District

Sustainability

•  Governor's Commission for a Sustainable Florida
The Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida was created by Executive Order 94-54 to make recommendations for achieving a healthy Everglades ecosystem that can coexist and be mutually supportive of a sustainable South Florida economy and quality communities. What follows is the Commission's Initial Report to the Governor and the Cabinet that presents its findings and recommendations pursuant to the tasks delineated in the executive order. The October 1, 1995 Initial Report was unanimously adopted at the Commission's September 1995 meeting. In addition, the 5 non-voting federal members of the Commission offered strong endorsement and support of the Initial Report.
November 1, 1995

•  Related material

Credit:

Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun