February 2000

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  News

29-Feb-00
• Agency Says Engineers Likely Broke Rules
Corps Economist's Allegations of Rigged Lock Expansion Study Forwarded to Cohen
© 2000 Washington Post, published February 29, 2000
  •  Homestead area polls 'no' to airport
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 29, 2000
  •  Glades cleanup worries officials
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 29, 2000

27-Feb-00
•  Everglades deadline near
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 27, 2000

25-Feb-00
•  Pentagon Vows to Rein In Corps of Engineers
© 2000 Washington Post, published February 25, 2000

24-Feb-00
•  Generals Push Huge Growth for Engineers
Corps Officials Accused of Distorting Economist's Study
© 2000 Washington Post, published February 24, 2000
• Review Set With Industry in Mind
Corps Official Reminded Aides of Need for Support, Memo Shows
© 2000 Washington Post, published February 24, 2000
•  Guest commentary: Speak up to protect Florida's natural beauty
© 2000 Naples Daily News, published February 24, 2000
•  Glades Renewal expected to hit South Florida hard 
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 24, 2000

23-Feb-00
• DeFoor dismisses resignation scuttlebutt
© 2000 Keynoter, published February 23, 2000 

22-Feb-00
•  Concern: Water district cutbacks
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 22, 2000

21-Feb-00
•  Homestead airport plan denounced 
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 21, 2000

16-Feb-00
•  Property tax hike considered to pay for Everglades restoration
© 2000 Sun-Sentinel, published February 16, 2000
•  Poll: Burgeoning growth worries Floridians
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 16, 2000

15-Feb-00
•  Pentagon Probes Lock Proposal
© 2000 Washington Post, published February 15, 2000

13-Feb-00
•  How Corps Turned Doubt Into a Lock
In Agency Where the Answer Is 'Grow,' A Questionable Project Finds Support
© 2000 Washington Post, published February 13, 2000

09-Feb-00
•  Bradley opposes Homestead airport
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 09, 2000

07-Feb-00
•  Dramatic spread of cattails chewing up River of Grass
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 07, 2000
•  Opinion - Tribe is on its own to save the Everglades
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 07, 2000

06-Feb-00
•  State to consider new rules for wetlands mitigation process
© 2000 Naples Daily News, published February 06, 2000

05-Feb-00
•  Environmentalists unmoved on airport
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 05, 2000
•  State should pay the tab for Everglades, some say
© 2000 Palm Beach Post, published February 05, 2000

03-Feb-00
•  Taxes weighed for glades restoration
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 03, 2000

02-Feb-00
•  William B. Robertson II, 75, Glades scientist
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 02, 2000
•  Drive to alter growth control is biased, group says
© 2000 Orlando Sentinel, published February 02, 2000

01-Feb-00
•  Web site allows citizens to register opinions on pending legislation
Re: web site www.votingonline.com, gives Floridians opportunity to see what bills their lawmakers are proposing and allows them to offer an opinion on the issue.  
© 2000 Naples Daily News, published February 01, 2000
•  Big Sugar funded group that opposed to funding Everglades restoration plan
© 2000 Naples Daily News, published February 01, 2000
•  Real snowbirds soon may flock to Florida
© 2000 Miami Herald, published February 01, 2000


   
  Press Releases

29-Feb-00
Everglades Plan Under Review: 
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment will discuss a $7.8 billion state and federal plan to restore the Everglades while ensuring adequate water supplies for the cities and farms of South Florida.  Known as the Restudy, the multiagency comprehensive review study, along with the Clinton Administration's plan, seeks to recapture 80% of the 1.7 billion gallons of fresh water currently diverted out to the sea. The plan, which was proposed last summer, would affect 18,000 square miles from south of Orlando to Florida bay and the flora, fauna, and more than 5 million people who live in the area. The plan calls for 181,00 acres of new reservoirs, 35,600 acres of restored or constructed wetlands and removal of almost 240 miles of levees and canals.
© 2000 American Rivers, released February 29, 2000


13-Feb-00
•  Army Corps Cooks Books To Justify Billion Dollar Project On Mississippi
(Environmental Defense Fund, Press Release, 2/13/00)
© 2000 Environmental Defense Fund, released February 13, 2000

11-Feb-00
•  Discrimination Against Minorities in Everglades Restoration (Modified Water Deliveries and the 8. 5 Square Mile Area).  
RESOLUTION of the LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC)
© 2000 League of United Latin American Citizens

01-Feb-00
•  JEB BUSH'S LOADED SURVEY FOR "REFORMING" GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN FLORIDA.
A report based upon internal documents obtained from DCA in a January 14, 2000 public records search by Florida PEER (public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
© 2000 PEER News, published February 01, 2000


  Litigation


  Legislation


  Regulations


  Case Law


  Law Review Articles


  Reports

JEB BUSH'S LOADED SURVEY FOR "REFORMING" GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN FLORIDA.
A report based upon internal documents obtained from DCA in a January 14, 2000 public records search by Florida PEER (public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
© 2000 PEER News, published February 01, 2000

  Research


  Conferences


25-Feb-00

Seminar - Environmental Law and Regulation, An Insider's Perspective
Date/Time: February 25 & 26, 2000.   Friday, 2-6 p.m. Reception 6-7 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Where: FAU Boca Raton Campus
Presenters:  Satish Kastury, Environmental Administrator, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection. Jack Gentile, Rosentiel School, University of Miami; formerly of the Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., Carolyn Ansay, Administrator, Dept. of Environmental Protection, Attorney-at-law in Environmental Law


  Links

11-Feb-00
•   http://www.evergladesplan.org
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.  
 

01-Feb-00
•   www.votingonline.com
gives Floridians opportunity to see what bills their lawmakers are proposing and allows them to offer an opinion on the issue.  

 

Credit:
Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun

 

Revised:  05/25/03