September 2000

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26-Sept-00

Senate approves Glades project 
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a $7.8 billion plan intended to restore the Everglades and its ecosystem, a project supporters say is the most ambitious environmental restoration effort ever. ... It comes after years of delicate negotiations between the Clinton administration, the state of Florida, Congress and an unlikely coalition of environmentalists, sugar growers, utility companies, home builders and the American Indian tribes that live on the land. In a rare bipartisan twist, the project also made allies of Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee; Texas Gov. George W. Bush, his Republican rival; and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. 
Copyright  © 2000 Tampa Tribune  All rights reserved.

Everglades Restoration: Senate sends bill to House: 
Washington - The Senate on Monday gave near-unanimous approval to commit $7.8 billion over 35 years to fix man-made mistakes in the Everglades. The vote was 85-1. The matter now goes to the House, where the Florida delegation is lobbying hard to get it passed before Congress is scheduled to adjourn Oct. 6. But an unrelated fight in that chamber over prevailing wages on other water projects
threatens final action. 
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Everglades: Four pilot projects, 10 construction projects top bill
Washington, DC - Although the entire Everglades restoration encompasses 68 individual projects, four pilot projects and 10 construction projects will be initially authorized in the bill now being considered: Pilot projects: worth $69 million, to be split between the state and federal governments.  Results of these projects will be monitored to determine whether the technology can be used for other restoration projects.
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Everglades: Bill's passage in Senate latest step in long process
Monday's Senate passage of the Everglades restoration project capped a long history of smaller steps to improve the ecosystem. The restoration began in 1947 with the establishment of Everglades National Park. The park set aside 1.3 million acres to remain as wilderness while the rest of the Everglades was
drained through a heavy network of levees and canals. The park boundaries were expanded to 1.4 million acres in 1989. Realizing the heavy environmental impact the levees and canals wrought on the Everglades
ecosystem, the Florida Legislature passed the Florida Land Conservation Act in 1972, which authorized bond issues for the state to purchase environmentally endangered lands.
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Senate votes 85-1 to save Everglades 
Washington -- The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly approved a $7.8 billion plan to restore the Everglades that lawmakers say is the largest environmental restoration project ever attempted. The bill still must be approved by the House, where an unrelated fight over wages on other water projects threatens final action. The bill provides a blueprint for a joint federal-state project to restore much of
the water flow along the 300-mile Everglades that historically fed the southern part of the state. The bill also would provide additional water for agriculture and the region's growing population.
Copyright  © 2000 Palm Beach Post  All rights reserved.

Senate okays Everglades bill; tough House vote next
Washington, DC -- … The 85-1 vote for the almost $4-billion omnibus Water Resources Development Act, which includes $1.4-billion for the initial restoration phase, energized supporters who expressed optimism that President Clinton could get an opportunity to sign a bill before leaving office. But overcoming the remaining obstacles on the House side will be a considerable challenge, made even trickier because of the dwindling window of opportunity. Since U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Fort Lauderdale, introduced an Everglades bill in the House nearly identical to the one passed Monday, efforts to move it have stalled over labor issues unrelated to the Everglades. With less than two weeks before this congressional session ends, it appears unlikely that the bill will reach the House floor for a vote without some political brokering.
Copyright  © 2000 St. Petersburg Times  All rights reserved.

Senate passes Everglades restoration bill
Washington, DC -- The focus now shifts to the House where Republicans, Democrats and environmentalists are optimistic they can get the fractious legislative body to support the bill.
… Because of the open-ended way in which the Senate deals with legislation, most of the debate on the Everglades bill occurred last week. Monday's 85-1 vote was somewhat anti-climactic. …The Clinton administration, Florida's Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, environmentalists, two Native American tribes, and
Florida's sugar and homebuilding industries all support the Everglades legislation. Congress is scheduled to adjourn Oct. 6, but the session may be extended a week or more as lawmakers attempt to finish the year's must-pass spending bills. Pro-Everglades House members will try to get the measure
through in the time that remains.
Copyright  © 2000 Southwest Florida News-Press  All rights reserved.

Senate Approves Funds to Rescue Everglades 
(AP): The Senate gave overwhelming approval yesterday to what lawmakers called the largest
environmental restoration project in history--a $7.8 billion effort expected to take three decades to rescue the Florida Everglades. The legislation, which must still be taken up by the House, calls for a massive federal construction project to restore the historic water flows through the 300-mile long Everglades ecosystem. 
Copyright  © 2000 Washington Post  All rights reserved.

Optimism Blooms For Everglades Plan
Miami, Fla. (AP) -- Half a century ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bulldozed an elaborate system of roads, canals and levees that rerouted water across South Florida.
Copyright  © 2000 NY times Online Edition  All rights reserved.
 
House Awaits Everglades Bill
Washington, DC (AP) -- Now the $7.8 billion rescue plan for the Florida Everglades becomes a battle against the clock in Congress. After Senate approval, supporters are scrambling to get House
action before lawmakers quit for the year.
Copyright  © 2000 NY times Online Edition  All rights reserved.

Senate Approves $7.8 Billion Plan to Aid Everglades
The Senate gave overwhelming support Monday to what lawmakers called the largest environmental restoration project in history -- a $7.8 billion effort expected to rescue the Florida Everglades.
Copyright  © 2000 NY Times Online Edition  All rights reserved.



25-Sept-00

Senate approves Everglades restoration project
Washington, DC (AP) -- The Senate gave overwhelming approval Monday to what lawmakers called the
largest environmental restoration project in history -- a $7.8 billion effort expected to take three decades to rescue the Florida Everglades. The legislation, which must still be taken up by the House, calls for a massive federal construction project to restore the historic water flows through the 300-mile long Everglades ecosystem. 
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U.S. Senate OKs $7.8 billion restoration of Everglades
Washington, DC -- The U.S. Senate on Monday overwhelmingly approved a far-reaching master plan to transform the Everglades, a long-awaited legislative breakthrough expected to lead to the most expansive ecosystem restoration in the nation's history. Grateful restoration proponents in Florida and Washington said the Senate action will inspire swift passage in the House, though the Everglades plan is contained in a larger water development bill that could still be snagged in the closing weeks of Congress. 
Copyright  © 2000  Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel  All rights reserved.

House Awaits Everglades Bill
Washington, DC (AP) - The Senate gave overwhelming approval Monday to legislation authorizing the first $1.4 billion installment of the Everglades restoration effort. But environmentalists and administration officials acknowledged that getting House approval in the closing days of the 106th Congress is uncertain. If the House does not act, the measure will be put off until next year. The 85-1 Senate vote ``gives us a lot of momentum,'' said Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., adding that he remained optimistic that the measure could clear Congress this year for President Clinton's signature. … Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., cast the only ``no'' vote, saying he was worried about the measure's ``open ended'' money stream when some of the project involves still-uncertain technology.
Copyright  © 2000  Associated Press  All rights reserved.

 

24-Sep-00


Plans to Build New Airport Near Florida Everglades Touches Off Fierce Debate

Transcript of EARTH MATTERS 
Aired September 24, 2000 - 4:30 p.m. ET 

NATALIE PAWELSKI, HOST: This week on EARTH MATTERS, a high- flying plan to bring more jobs and business opportunities to a community still recovering from Hurricane Andrew. Find out why some people don't like the idea. 
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL
FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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Demise of Canady/Hatch Takings Bill
Property rights
In the furious final days before Congress adjourns for the year, lawmakers are weeding out bills and concentrating only on the ones that are necessary to pass this year.  
One of the victims of this process is a bill sponsored by Lakeland Rep. Charles Canady and long championed by property rights activists in Florida.  The proposal would allow aggrieved property owners to bypass local and state courts and sue directly in federal court if they think local land use and zoning regulations improperly encroach on their ability to develop their land.  The House passed Canady's bill in March, but it died in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. A Bonita Springs man and his wife had testified in favor of it, after a 14-year battle with Lee County on whether he could develop his land after it was abruptly rezoned from residential use to "resource protection."  The congressman who represents Bonita Springs landowner Richard Reahard voted against the bill.  "The idea that somehow there's some great relief in the federal courts is a very false hope anyway, and it confounds the (local and state) process that has served this country well for over 200 years," Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel, said.  State and county governments, along with environmental groups, were wildly opposed to the measure and lobbied hard against it, while the National Association of Home Builders fought equally as hard for it to pass.  In the end, though, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, took the bill off the agenda because it would have taken too long to debate - and time is of the essence these days.
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04-Sep-00

Southwest Florida water study kicks off 
Four years from now, state and federal water managers could be headed to Washington to ask Congress for millions of dollars to help restore a vital part of Florida's ecosystem — Southwest Florida.  The same process of study and consensus-building that put the Everglades on track for an $8 billion facelift is just beginning to get moving in this region.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and South Florida Water Management District this week revealed a draft report outlining the issues, from water supply to wildlife, the study could encompass. One initial objective of the study is protecting and improving the quality of local ecosystems, from lakes and rivers to estuaries, coastal waters and uplands. Other objectives include ensuring water supply, flood protection and the recovery and protection of listed plant and animal species.   The study takes in about 4,300 square miles, including all of Lee, most of Collier and Hendry and portions of Charlotte, Glades and Monroe counties.  Once completed, the agencies will take the study to Congress for approval and to request money for projects determined to be needed.  Mike Duever, an ecosystems ecologist working on the study, said the West Coast is learning from the mistakes of the East Coast when it comes to balancing growth and the environment. 
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02-Sep-00

Everglades plan seek backers support in House
Senate leaders seem firmly behind an Everglades restoration bill, but how it will fare in the House of Representatives is still in question, supporters and members of Congress say. Hoping to spark a stronger legislative push there, environmentalists this week began running radio ads urging key members of Florida's congressional delegation to "please speak out to save a national treasure while there's still time -- because we can't afford silence." The 60-second spots, spearheaded by a partnership of national environmental groups... began airing on Florida stations Monday. 
Copyright  © 2000 Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel  All rights reserved.

New hotline to take reports on environmental crimes
Florida has a new hotline to report crimes that affect the environment or public health. Here it is, courtesy of the state Department of Environmental Protection: 877-2 SAVE FL, or 877-272-8335. The toll-free line will be monitored 24 hours a day. Tips are directed to the DEP's Division of Law Enforcement for follow-up by investigators. DEP Secretary David Struhs announced the hotline this week. 
Copyright  © 2000 Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel  All rights reserved.

Airboat operators test new grounds
Everglades City folks like to say they're survivors, and airboat tour owners are no exception. A federal judge barred three Everglades City-based airboat tours last week from running in the Big Cypress National Preserve, forcing tour owners to scramble to get settled into new touring grounds in time to catch Labor Day weekend tourists. Tour operators, who had said they worried about whether they could survive being tossed out of the preserve, sounded determined this week to stay open in spite of the judge's ruling. Their biggest hurdle could end up being each other.
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Big Cypress Basin board encourages mobile irrigation lab to seek grant
Basin board members talked about the program when they voted 4-0 last week to approve a tax rate and budget for the coming budget year, including a $500,000 grant for water projects. The Basin awards grants in December. The mobile irrigation lab makes free visits to homes, condominiums, golf courses and businesses to check out the efficiency of irrigation systems and recommend ways to save water while maintaining green areas. That lab is shutting down Sept. 30. The Water Management District, based in West Palm Beach, voted last year to cut the program in an effort to find money for Everglades restoration. Lab supporters criticized the cut as short-sighted at a time when water supplies are being stretched. 
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"Natural Resource Year in Review - 1999." 
The fourth annual "Year in Review" report summarizes and analyzes significant natural resource preservation issues and trends in the national park system for the calendar year 1999. Organized in seven chapters that address innovations in the development and use of legal, administrative and technological tools for managing park natural resources The highlight for the year was the planning and initial implementation of the Natural Resource Challenge, a commitment to increase the use of science in park management. The 1999 report is too be available soon. Reports for 1996, 1997 and 1998 are also posted here. 
National Park Service

•  Natural Resource Publications: Books, reports and newsletters  

 

01-Sep-00

Big Cypress Preserve: Preserve chief: Limited ORV access plan is best hope
The top man at the Big Cypress National Preserve told members of a local sportsmen's club Thursday night that they could face eviction from the preserve if they don't back a plan to restrict their access. 
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Editorial: Dealing creatively with growth
Chris Corr, a prominent developer whom Gov. Jeb Bush appointed to his Growth Management Study Commission, took on the job thinking, as he told this newspaper, that there wouldn't be time to do "much beyond tinkering with the present system."  Corr added, "But I do know that if we did nothing else but change the attitude of the bureaucrats, then it could all work." If anyone's attitude needed changing, it was his. ... Bush's references to fees and incentives suggest the possibility of using differential impact fees to steer development back to urban cores. That may or not follow, but if the commission fails to produce creative new approaches to growth management, it won't be because it didn't have the opportunity.
Copyright  © 2000 St. Petersburg Times  All rights reserved.

Making Waves
Florida is seeing the first salvos in what likely will be a decade-long war over privatizing the state’s most precious resource — water. For 30 years, John "Woody" Wodraska was a public steward of water, heading the South Florida Water Management District before moving west to take the helm of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California in 1993. These days, Wodraska is spending time in Florida once again. But he is singing an entirely different tune. Wodraska is trying to convince Florida policy-makers that Azurix and other companies should be given a larger role in the creation, storage and delivery of water in Florida. "There is an ethic in managing costs in the private sector that simply does not exist in the public sector," he says 
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Bumper season aids pine replanting
The future of Miami-Dade County's pine forests is in José Prieto's leather gloves: seed-bearing pine cones, hand-plucked from the treetops like motherless kittens. This week, the county parks worker and others are hoisting themselves to 40 feet in a bucket truck to gather cones by the bushel as part of an effort to replant the thousands of acres of South Florida slash pine decimated by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
Copyright  © 2000 Miami Herald  All rights reserved.

Water-quality bill remains in jeopardy
A contingent of congressional staffers is in the Keys this week to discuss possible federal funding for wastewater and stormwater upgrades. But the visit may be futile. While they were invited on the so-called fact-finding tour, staff from the offices of Sens. Bob Graham and Connie Mack declined the invitation. Graham and Mack are sponsoring the senate version of the Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement Act of 2000, a $213 million funding bill that passed the House of Representatives in May by a 411-7 vote. Rep. Peter Deutsch sponsored the bill in the House, along with virtually the entire Florida delegation. 
Copyright  © 2000 Key Noter  All rights reserved.

Growers default on loans; government gets more sugar
More than $17 million in government loans to Florida processors came due Thursday, but the two processors that hold those loans cannot honor them.  Instead, the government will take ownership of 47,000 tons of raw sugar in Florida warehouses today as collateral for the defaults. Until the U.S. Department of Agriculture decides what to do with the sugar, it will begin paying the processors a total of about $75,000 a month in storage fees. "What is going to happen tonight is what we predicted six months ago," said Dalton Yancy, a Washington lobbyist for processors. 
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Fla. sugar companies forfeit to cover loans
Two of Florida's major sugar producers said Thursday they will forfeit 47,000 tons of raw sugar worth about $17 million to the U.S. government in order to satisfy their federal loans.  Florida Crystals, the Palm Beach-based sugar grower owned by the Fanjul family, is forfeiting 36,000 tons worth about $13 million, company spokesman Jorge Dominicis said.  A total of 220,000 tons of sugar worth $79.2 million is under loan at Florida Crystals. The company produced about 732,000 tons of sugar this past season, he said.  Sugar Cane Growers of Florida, a Belle Glade-based cooperative of 56 growers, will forfeit about 11,000 tons of sugar worth about $4 million, said spokeswoman Barbara Miedema
Copyright  © 2000 Palm Beach Post  All rights reserved.

Citrus sales spur record sales year for Florida farmers
Sales of nearly $7.07 billion marked the first time that cash receipts for Florida crops and other farm commodities went over $7 billion. A record $1.9 billion year for citrus growers figured heavily in the overall sales figure. The figure represents a 1.5 percent increase over the $6.9 billion in cash receipts in 1998. The increase, along with declining sales of midwestern grain, pushed Florida from the ninth to the fifth largest agricultural state in the nation last year. Net farm income rose to a record $2.8 billion, the Department of Agriculture said. 
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Fla. tourists topped 19 million in spring 
Nearly 20 million visitors came to Florida during the three months that ended June 30, according to Visit Florida, the state's tourism marketing agency. Next quarter's numbers will mark the first time that year-to-year comparisons can be drawn. Still, there's some indication that the visitor count is up this year. For the same three months, taxable sales in the tourism and recreation category reached $13 billion, a 12.3 percent increase from the same period last year. 
Copyright  © 2000 Palm Beach Post  All rights reserved.

Rainstorms not helping aquifers 
Lee County still 5 inches below normal for rainfall: Thirsty aquifers will remain that way even though thunderstorms dumped half a foot or more of rain on parts of Lee County this week. "We need rain. We’re still behind for the year," said South Florida Water Management District spokesman Kurt Harclerode. "This is a short-lived event." 
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Signs mark Chiles' 1970 campaign trail: West Palm Beach
Thirty years after Lawton Chiles trekked 1,033 miles across Florida in his bid for the U.S. Senate, his walking boots mark the trail again. Some 145 signs have been placed along a path that weaves from the Panhandle to the Florida Keys in memory of Chiles' 91-day walk in 1970. The then little-known lawmaker from Lakeland talked to more than 40,000 people on his campaign trail. He won the Senate seat and later became the state's governor.  The walk also earned him the nickname ``Walkin' Lawton.'' On the signs marking the trail are a picture of Chiles' boots and a brief description of his political career. Chiles, 68, died unexpectedly Dec. 12 of heart disease, just a few weeks before his second term as governor was to end the final chapter of a political career that spanned 40 years.
Copyright  © 2000 Miami Herald  All rights reserved.

 

  Press Releases/News media

 

26-Sep-00

"Troubled Waters" will air on TBS Superstation on September 26 (check local listings).
Coming Face-to-Face with Wildlife in the Forgotten Everglades
By Cynthia Barry
...  new, one-hour documentary about the Everglades called "Troubled Waters" that premiers in September on TBS Superstation. Coproduced by the National Wildlife Federation and Turner Original Productions, the film brings viewers face-to-face with some of the most elusive and imperiled species in South Florida. In doing so, the documentary examines the ecosystem through the lives of animals that depend upon it for survival.  Much of the film explores the so-called "forgotten" western Everglades. From its headwaters in the Big Cypress Okaloacoochee Slough to the mangrove estuaries of the Ten Thousand Islands, the western Everglades is the last, vast expanse of wildlife habitat in Florida.  Labeled forgotten because of the greater attention paid to plans for restoring the heavily damaged eastern Everglades, the western 'glades contain the best quality surface water in South Florida. The region has long been a popular ecotourist and birding destination as well as a sportfishing paradise. Yet all is not well in this paradise... 
Copyright  © 2000 National Wildlife Federation  All rights reserved.

24-Sep-00

Plans to Build New Airport Near Florida Everglades Touches Off Fierce Debate

Transcript of EARTH MATTERS 
Aired September 24, 2000 - 4:30 p.m. ET 

NATALIE PAWELSKI, HOST: This week on EARTH MATTERS, a high- flying plan to bring more jobs and business opportunities to a community still recovering from Hurricane Andrew. Find out why some people don't like the idea. 
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL
FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
Copyright  © 2000 CNN  All rights reserved.

 

 

  Campaign 2000

George W. Bush presidential campaign website

• georgewbush.com

Al Gore presidential campaign website

•  gore2000.org

2000 Presidential Profiles

•  League of Conservation Voters

•  Cheney Pick Means Double Trouble for the Environment

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

  Litigation


  Legislation

  New Bills

Senate action:

9/26/00 - Glades restoration project approved
9/24/00 - Canady takings bill rejected

•  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 

  Congressional Testimony

•  Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment

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

 

  Regulations


  Case Law


  Law Review Articles


  Reports

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)

 

"Natural Resource Year in Review - 1999."  
The fourth annual "Year in Review" report summarizes and analyzes significant natural resource preservation issues and trends in the national park system for the calendar
year 1999. Organized in seven chapters that address innovations in the development and use of legal, administrative and technological tools for managing park natural resources The highlight for the year was the planning and initial implementation of the Natural Resource Challenge, a commitment to increase the use of science in park management. The 1999 report is too be available soon. Reports for 1996, 1997 and 1998 are also posted here. 
National Park Service

•  Natural Resource Publications: Books, reports and newsletters  

 

06-00

An Overview of the Historical Everglades Ecosystem and Implications for Establishing Restoration Goals:
(39 pages, pdf format, 2.95 MB)

This report summarizes the processes that led to the formation of the Everglades over 5000 years. The information underlying this summary was obtained from a survey of historical reports, data from measurements of peat and sediment cores, and flow modeling using the South Florida Water Management District's Natural System Model. Available evidence shows that a natural phosphorus-enriched zone existed south of Lake Okeechobee that contained dense growths of pond apple and other upland species and an associated variety of birds and wildlife. This technical report was submitted to the South Florida Water Management District in June 2000

Tetra Tech, Inc.   (39 pages, pdf format, 2.95 MB) 

•    This technical report was prepared by Sujoy B. Roy and Steven A. Gherini, Tetra Tech, Inc., Lafayette, CA. The work described in this report was supported by the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida.

•    Abstract (html)
•    Email questions to sujoy.roy@tetratech.com

  Research


  Conferences, Hearings 

•  Aug. 15, 2000, at 7:45 p.m., Homestead Branch Library

Little Known Black History of the Everglades
Talk by Everglades National Park Ranger Tony Terry...'' from the Underground Railroad to the fishing village of Flamingo.
Homestead Branch Library, 700 N. Homestead Blvd., Homestead. Free. For more information, call the Everglades National Park 305-242-7700.  
 

 

 

  Links

•  UNEP/GPA News Forum

United Nations Environment Programme
A News and Information Service of the Global Programme of Action (GPA) for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities

•  Environmental News Network

Education site
Only one in three adult Americans has a passing understanding of our most pressing environmental issues.  National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

•   League of Conservation voters, Presidential profiles

Political analysis of Presidential candidates' environmental platform
New section on Cheney's record (07-24-00)

•  Everglades Restoration Plan

Comprehensive site dedicated to educating the public about the restoration plan

2000 Presidential Profiles

•  League of Conservation Voters

•  George W. Bush Environmental Updates
•  Al Gore Environmental Updates
•  Alan Keyes Environmental Updates
•  Cheney Pick Means Double Trouble for the Environment

 

Credit:
Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun

 

Revised:  05/25/03