Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 (2012) / Chapter Skim
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This report represents the fourth independent assessment of the CERP's progress by the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP) of the National Research Council (NRC)
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International Mapping Associates raster iamge THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND EVERGLADES RESTORATION The NRC has been providing scientific and technical advice related to the Everglades restoration since 1999. The NRC's Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE)
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The boundaries of the South Florida ecosystem are determined by the boundaries of the South Florida Water Management District, the southernmost of the state's five water management districts, although they approximately delineate the boundaries of the South Florida watershed. This designation is important and helpful to the restoration effort because, as many publications have made clear, taking a water shed approach to ecosystem restoration is likely to improve the results, especially when the ecosystem under consideration is as water dependent as the Everglades (NRC, 1999, 2004a)
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14 Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades FIGURE 1-2 The South Florida ecosystem. SOURCE: © International Mapping Associates
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A discussion and evaluation of specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact progress in achieving the natural system restoration goals of the plan; and 4. An independent review of monitoring and assessment protocols to be used for evaluation of CERP progress (e.g., CERP performance measures, annual assessment reports, assessment strategies, etc.)
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In Chapter 3 the committee analyzes the progress of CERP implementation, including recent developments at Picayune Strand, Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, the C-111 Spreader Canal, Indian River Lagoon-South, and the L oxahatchee River Watershed and several pilot projects that are under way. Also discussed in the chapter are programmatic progress and issues.
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