Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades : The Eighth Biennial Review - 2020.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, author.

Division on Earth and Life Studies, author.

Water Science and Technology Board, author.

Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress, author.

Contributor:

Studies, Division on Earth and Life.

Board, Water Science and Technology.

Progress, Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration.

Division on Earth and Life Studies, author.

Water Science and Technology Board, author.

Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress, author.

Series:

Everglades Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wetland conservation.

Everglades (Fla.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2021.

Summary:

During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world's treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure to improve flood management, urban water supply, and agricultural production. The remnants of the original Everglades now compete for water with urban and agricultural interests and are impaired by contaminated runoff from these two sectors. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a joint effort launched by the state and the federal government in 2000, seeks to reverse the decline of the ecosystem. The multibillion-dollar project was originally envisioned as a 30- to 40-year effort to achieve ecological restoration by reestablishing the natural hydrologic characteristics of the Everglades, where feasible, and to create a water system that serves the needs of both the natural and the human systems of South Florida.In establishing the CERP, Congress also requested that an independent scientific review be conducted on progress toward restoration with biennial reports. The National Academies' Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress has provided biennial reviews of restoration progress and advice on scientific and engineering issues that may impact progress since 2004. This eighth study of the series describes substantive accomplishments over the past 2 years and reviews developments in research, monitoring, and assessment that inform restoration decision making. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Eighth Biennial Review - 2020 also reviews the recently developed Combined Operational Plan, which is a prerequisite for CERP progress in the central Everglades, and examines issues facing the northern and southern estuaries, including priorities for science to support restoration decision making.

Contents:

Intro

FrontMatter

Reviewer Acknowledgment

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Preface

Contents

Acronyms

Summary

1 Introduction

2 The Restoration Plan in Context

3 Restoration Progress

4 Combined Operational Plan

5 Estuaries and Coastal Systems

6 Science to Support Decision Making

References

Appendix A: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Everglades Reports

Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.

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ISBN:

9780309679817

0309679818

9780309679794

0309679796

OCLC:

1263871226