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1. Introduction
Pages 13-18

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From page 13...
... , the Greater Everglades Ecosystem had already been altered extensively to accommodate human habitation of the region, industry, and agriculture. This trend only accelerated when disastrous floods of 1947-1948 led to the Central and Southern Florida Project for Flood Control and Other Purposes.
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From page 15...
... Source: Adapted from Robert Johnson, Everglades National Park, presentation given to NRC Panel to Review the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative, 2002.
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From page 16...
... Exogenous factors such as sea-level rise, continuing human development of southern Florida, the spread of invasive exotic species, and atmospheric mercury deposition may confound the best restoration designs. There is the added uncertainty associated with some of the proposed engineering solutions such as large-scale aquifer storage and recovery, not to mention the uncertainty of project funding over its 30-year plus duration.
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From page 17...
... , which has evolved from the Science Subgroup established in 1993 by the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force as an interagency science advisory team. The second is called Restoration, Coordination, and Verification, or RECOVER (http://www.evergladesplan.org/pmJrecover/recover.cfm)
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From page 18...
... The objectives of the CERP are to create historic quantities, quality, timing, and distribution of water in the natural system while at the same time providing fresh water to the built environment and protecting the built environment from flooding. The CROGEE recognizes that the monitoring and assessment process for the Restoration Plan provides the critical scientific basis for plan evaluation and improvement (midcourse corrections in the lexicon of adaptive management)
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