January 1999

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30-January-1999

BIG ECOLOGICAL GUNS FAULT PLAN FOR EVERGLADES   
An all-star team of ecologists says the Army Corps of Engineers ' broad plan for restoring the Everglades is riddled with ``deep, systematic problems and needs to be reviewed by an independent panel of scientists.  In a letter to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, the six ecologists predicted the $7.8 billion proposal will fail to meet goals for restoring the River of Grass and fall short of resolving long-standing conflicts over water in South Florida.  ``There are serious failings in the plans being considered,'' the scientists say. ``These are deep, systemic problems, ones unlikely to be overcome by tinkering with the existing alternative.''  Read more
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16-January- 1999

PARK ATTACKS PLAN TO RESTORE GLADES
Officials at Everglades National Park have ripped the Army Corps of Engineers' draft $7.8 billion plan for restoring the Glades and assuring an ample supply of water for South Florida.
The corps' plan falls way short of its promised restoration of the Everglades and Florida Bay, and might worsen problems for a neighboring national park in Biscayne Bay, the park's scientists and engineers say in a blistering 44-page critique. Read more...
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Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun

 

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