July 2000

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31-July-00

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS RECOMMENDS PLAN FOR 8.5 SQUARE MILE AREA

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.   The Army Corps of Engineers has recommended a plan to provide flood mitigation for the 8.5 Square Mile Area (SMA) while allowing
the majority of the area's residents to remain in their homes. The
Federally-recommended plan calls for restoring the western 8.5 SMA while
relocating approximately 35 home-owning residents and their families and
about 20 tenant families. There is a total of about 514 homes in the area.

The Recommended Plan will consist of the Corps constructing perimeter and
interior levees, a seepage canal and a pump station. The plan recommended by
the Corps is Alternative 6D with conditions. It is one of nine alternatives
and two variations examined in the Draft General Reevaluation
Report/Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (GRR/SEIS).

The project for the 8.5 SMA is an integral part of the Modified Water
Deliveries (MWD) to Everglades National Park (ENP) Project. It is
significant because portions of the MWD Project have been implemented, but
benefits from the project cannot be fully realized until the part for the
8.5 SMA is completed.

(continued) http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/pao/nr0063.htm
The final GRR/SEIS, including maps and graphics
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/dp/MWDC111.htm. 
2000 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

 

24-July-00

Cheney Pick Means Double Trouble for the Environment

WASHINGTON, DC -The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today criticized likely Republican vice presidential nominee Richard Cheney's environmental record and said a Bush/Cheney ticket would threaten three decades of environmental progress.

"If George W. Bush represents the biggest threat to the environment in the 2000 presidential election, then Dick Cheney is clearly the second biggest threat," said LCV President Deb Callahan. "A Bush/Cheney ticket means double trouble for the environment. With a 13 percent lifetime LCV environmental voting score, it is apparent that Cheney's priorities do not include protecting the nation's air, water and natural resources."

Cheney was elected U.S. Representative from Wyoming in November 1978 and served until March 1989 when he became Secretary of Defense for the Bush administration. While in Congress, Cheney voted to postpone economic sanctions for areas that did not meet Clean Air Act requirements and to reduce funding for the Interior Department. He also voted against a permanent ban on oil and gas drilling in wilderness areas, and against requiring polluters to report any significant emissions of hazardous chemicals. In February 1987, Cheney co-sponsored a measure to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Copyright  © 2000 The League of Conservation Voters  All rights reserved.

13-July-00

N. Y. Times Editorial:  An Everglades action plan
Congress owes the Everglades restitution. More than 50 years ago, after back-to-back hurricanes that put much of South Florida under water, Congress ordered the Army Corps to drain a half-million acres south of Lake Okeechobee with a web of levees, canals and pumping stations. The result was to keep Florida's booming east coast free from floods and safe for development, and to create conditions under which the sugar cane industry could flourish. But it robbed the Everglades and Florida Bay of their traditional sources of fresh water, and nearly killed both
Copyright  © 2000 The N.Y. Times.  All rights reserved.

07-July-00

Senate Now Reviews Everglades Bill
It's a historic moment for the Everglades. After being approved by a Senate committee, the full Senate is now poised to vote on a bill which would give $7.8 billion to restore the Everglades, and activists know that now is a crucial time.  "The clock is ticking for the Everglades," said Michael Bauer, Director, Everglades Project Office. "It's now or never. The American people should let their Senators know that we're not going to allow this unique wilderness area to die."  On June 26, 2000, the Senate Environment and Public Works committee approved the bill, which will pay for the first 10 projects of the restoration plan.
Copyright  © 2000 National Wildlife Federation  All rights reserved.

  Press Releases

 

  Campaign 2000

George W. Bush presidential campaign website

• georgewbush.com

Al Gore presidential campaign website

•  gore2000.org

2000 Presidential Profiles

•  League of Conservation Voters

•  George W. Bush Environmental Updates
•  Al Gore Environmental Updates
•  Alan Keyes Environmental Updates

  Litigation


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  New Bills

•  Congress to Prepare Everglades Restoration Bill
Copyright © 2000 Everglades Conservation Network  All rights reserved.  Posted 01-Jun-00

•  H.R. 2372 to be voted on 
H.R. 2372, Rep. Canady's [R-FL] "Private Property Rights Implementation Act" (TAKINGS BILL) will be MARKED-UP and VOTED on by the Full HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 and is likely to come to the Floor of the full House of Representatives the following week.

•  Search Thomas 

07-July-00

Senate Now Reviews Everglades Bill
It's a historic moment for the Everglades. After being approved by a Senate committee, the full Senate is now poised to vote on a bill which would give $7.8 billion to restore the Everglades, and activists know that now is a crucial time.  "The clock is ticking for the Everglades," said Michael Bauer, Director, Everglades Project Office. "It's now or never. The American people should let their Senators know that we're not going to allow this unique wilderness area to die."  On June 26, 2000, the Senate Environment and Public Works committee approved the bill, which will pay for the first 10 projects of the restoration plan.
Copyright  © 2000 National Wildlife Federation  All rights reserved.

  Congressional Testimony

•  Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment

01-Mar-00
•  Hearings & Testimony: Restoration of the Everglades and South Florida Ecosystem 

WITNESSES

PANEL I

Representative E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
Representative Carrie P. Meek
Representative Peter Deutsch
Representative Porter J. Goss
Representative Mark Foley

PANEL II

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Honorable Joseph W. Westphal, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Civil Works)
Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by: Mr. Michael L. Davis
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Policy and Legislation
Washington, D.C.

U.S. Department of the Interior
Ms. Mary E. Doyle
Counselor to the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

PANEL III

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Honorable David B. Struhs
Secretary
Tallahassee, Florida

South Florida Water Management District
Mr. Michael Collins
Governing Board Chairman
West Palm Beach, Florida

Miccosukee Tribe
Mr. Billy Cypress
Chairman
Miami, Florida

PANEL IV

U.S. Sugar Corporation
Mr. Malcolm S. (Bubba) Wade
Senior Vice President
Clewiston, Florida

The United States Property Owners & Friends of the
8.5 Square Mile Area, Inc.
Ms. Ibel Aguilera
Director
Miami, Florida

Audubon of Florida
Dr. Stuart D. Strahl
President & CEO
Miami, Florida

 

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2000 Presidential Profiles

•  League of Conservation Voters

•  George W. Bush Environmental Updates
•  Al Gore Environmental Updates
•  Alan Keyes Environmental Updates
 

Credit:
Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun

 

Revised:  05/25/03