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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study, Jacksonville District
Author: Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study: app. A - Plan formulation
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030912574X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book is the second biennial evaluation of progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades and return the ecosystem closer to its natural state. Launched in 2000 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, CERP is a multiorganization planning process that includes approximately 50 major projects to be completed over the next several decades. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review 2008 concludes that budgeting, planning, and procedural matters are hindering a federal and state effort to restore the Florida Everglades ecosystem, which is making only scant progress toward achieving its goals. Good science has been developed to support restoration efforts, but future progress is likely to be limited by the availability of funding and current authorization mechanisms. Despite the accomplishments that lay the foundation for CERP construction, no CERP projects have been completed to date. To begin reversing decades of decline, managers should address complex planning issues and move forward with projects that have the most potential to restore the natural ecosystem.
Federal Register
Author: Central and Southern Florida Project, Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir Project
Author: Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030945090X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the sixth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. This report examines the implications of knowledge gained and changes in widely accepted scientific understanding regarding pre-drainage hydrology, climate change, and the feasibility of water storage since the CERP was developed.
To Construct Stormwater Treatment Areas on Compartments B and C of the Everglades Agriculture Area
Author: Herbert Hoover Dike Major Rehabilitation
Author: Central and Southern Florida Multi-Purpose Project and Programmatic EIS
Author: Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study: app.K - Environmental effects; app.L - Prior studies, reports and projects; app.M - Implementation plan scheduling and sequencing
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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