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Appendix B: Timeline of Significant Events in South Florida Ecosystem Management and Restoration
Pages 287-290

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... 1983 Florida Governor's Save Our Everglades Program outlines a six-point plan for restoring and protecting the South Florida ecosystem so that it functions more like it did in the early 1900s. 1987 The Florida Surface Water Improvement and Management Act requires the five Florida water management districts to develop plans to clean up and preserve Florida lakes, bays, estuaries, and rivers.
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From page 288...
... 1994 The Florida Everglades Forever Act enacts into state law the settle ment provisions of federal-state water quality litigation and provides a financing mechanism for the state to advance water quality improve ments in the Everglades by constructing more than 44,000 acres of stormwater treatment areas (STAs) for water entering the Everglades Protection Area.
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From page 289...
... WRDA 2000 includes $1.4 billion in authorizations for 10 initial Everglades infrastructure projects, 4 pilot projects, and an adaptive management and monitoring program. It also grants programmatic authority for projects with immediate and substantial restoration benefits at a total cost of $206 million and establishes a 50 percent federal cost share for implementation of the CERP and for operation and maintenance.
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From page 290...
... Sugar Corporation for $1.75 billion for the purpose of restoration, and a negotiated proposal to acquire the land for $1.34 billion is approved by the South Florida Water Management District's governing board. 2009 The South Florida Water Management District's governing board approves a revised plan to purchase 73,000 acres of farmland in the EAA from the U.S.
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