A component of the state-federal Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), the project will send clean water south to the parched Southern Everglades and Florida Bay while reducing damaging discharge events from Lake Okeechobee to the east and … CERP: the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan CEPP: Central Everglades Planning Project EAA: Everglades Agricultural Area; also the name of the in-progress … Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades : The Seventh Biennial Review - 2018 by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress, Engineering National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology and Water Science and Technology Board (2019, Trade Paperback) Gov. One critical component of any wetland restoration program is reliably documenting temporal changes in the spatial extent, pattern, and proportion of plant communities within the landscape. This study describes the development of a 2003 baseline vegetation map for a 42,635 ha wetland impoundment located in the northern portion of the remnant Everglades, Florida. saj.usace.army.mil. 4The Everglades is a good investment: A recent economic study estimated that every dollar spent on Everglades restoration has the potential to yield four dollars in economic benefits for the South Florida economy. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades explores these challenges. The Task Force reviewed progress made and challenges in implementing key components of the CERP and other priority Everglades restoration projects and programs, as well as the Everglades restoration program’s schedule moving forward. On June 11th, Everglades Foundation board member Ellin Goetz and I had the privilege of touring the Picayune Strand restoration project located in eastern Collier County. UPDATED 1 Introduction The Florida Everglades is a unique network of subtropical wetlands that is currently half its Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 explains the innovative approach to expedite restoration progress and additional rigorous analyses at the interface of water quality and quantity will be essential to maximize restoration benefits. EVERGLADES RESTORATION PROGRESS – 2017 quality improvements in the St. Lucie Estuary and the Indian River Lagoon. Now, 20 years into the plan – with some progress made, though each project remains incomplete – Everglades restoration must be accelerated. 02/04/2014 03:42 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017 Last week, there were several exciting announcements about increases to Everglades restoration funding. Commitments of $200 million (or more) from both the state and federal government will enable continued progress on restoration and infrastructure projects within the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Rick Scott proposed a $130 million Everglades budget. At the Everglades Coalition conference, the tone was decidedly celebratory but also cautious. Restoration projects launched by the Administration already have generated 6,600 jobs and are expected to generate more. Progress of comprehensive everglades restoration plan evaluated Date: June 27, 2014 Source: National Academy of Sciences Summary: Although planning for Everglades restoration … EAA Without Delay The SFWMD is working hard to continue accelerating the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir. When originally authorized by the U.S. Congress in 2000, it was estimated that CERP would cost a total of $8.2 billion and take approximately 30 years to complete. Restoration Progress in the Western Everglades. Everglades restoration a work in progress BY COL. JASON KIRK. She said the updated IDS will be released at Oct 22 SFER Task Force Meeting. The hydrologic and ecologic characteristics of the historical Everglades serve as general restoration goals for a functional (albeit reduced in size) Everglades ecosystem. Everglades Restoration Progress 2017 Published on May 19, 2017 America's Everglades was once a vibrant, free-flowing River of Grass, extending from the Kissimmee Chain of … It’s called the National Research Council’s Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (don’t try to make it into an acronym — I tried and nearly broke my tongue). WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green takes a deep dive into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, asking how successful it's been after two decades and billions of dollars. Additional progress on Everglades restoration expected in 2018. New report evaluates progress of comprehensive everglades restoration plan by National Academy of Sciences This map shows locations of CERP and CERP-related restoration … “The federal and non-federal sides make progress on Everglades restoration every day,” said Velez.