Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) Update Archive

During the early stages of CERP planning and implementation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and South Florida Water Management District produced updates on CERP progress for the public.

• CERP Update - 2006

• CERP Update - 2007/2008
  

 Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE) Archive

The Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE) was established in 1999 to provide consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (Task Force). The CROGEE, formed through the National Research Council, produced several reports during the early 2000s on scientific and technical aspects of the restoration effort. It has since been replaced by the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP).

• Adaptive Monitoring and Assessment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (2003)

• Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (2001)

• Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns (2003)

• Florida Bay Research Programs and their Relation to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (2002)

• Re-Engineering Water Storage in the Everglades: Risks and Opportunities (2005)

• Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration (2002)

 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Archives

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, non-partisan agency that prepares reports and testimony for Congress on ways to increase federal government efficiency and conserve fiscal resources. During the early stages of restoration planning, the GAO prepared reports on the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), the overall Everglades restoration program, and the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (Task Force).

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP):

• Additional Water Quality Projects May Be Needed and Could Increase Costs (Sept. 2000)

  • Testimony: Additional Water Quality Projects May Be Needed and Could Increase Costs (Sept. 20, 2000)

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration:

• An Overall Strategic Plan and a Decision-Making Process are Needed to Keep the Effort on Track (April 1999)

  • Testimony: An Overall Strategic Plan and a Decision-Making Process Are Needed to Keep the Effort on Track (April 22, 1999)

  • Testimony: A Strategic Plan and a Process to Resolve Conflicts Are Needed to Keep the Effort on Track (April 29, 1999)

• A Land Acquisition Plan Would Help Identify Lands that Need to be Acquired (April 2000)

  • Testimony: A Land Acquisition Plan is Needed to Supplement the Strategic Plan Being Developed (April 5, 2000)

• Substantial Progress Made in Developing a Strategic Plan, but Actions Still Needed (March 2001)

• Task Force Needs to Improve Science Coordination to Increase the Likelihood of Success (March 2003)

  • Testimony: Improved Science Coordination Needed to Increase the Likelihood of Success (March 26, 2003)

• Restoration Is Moving Forward but Is Facing Significant Delays, Implementation Challenges, and Rising Costs (May 2007)

  • Testimony: Some Restoration Progress Has Been Made, but the Effort Faces Significant Delays, Implementation Challenges, and Rising Costs (Sept. 19, 2007)

 Governor’s Commission for a Sustainable South Florida Reports

The Governor’s Commission for a Sustainable South Florida was established in 1994 by Governor Lawton Chiles “to develop a healthy Everglades Ecosystem with sustainable economies and quality communities.” The Commission included a wide range of stakeholders and helped forge consensus during the early stages of restoration planning. The Commission issued a series of reports during the late 1990s prior to Congressional authorization of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).

• Report on the January 25, 1999 Draft Implementation Plan of the C&SF Project Restudy (March 3, 1999)

• Funding the Restudy of the Central and Southern Florida Project (March 3, 1999)

• Restudy Plan Report (Jan. 20, 1999)

• A Report on Full Cost Accounting (Dec. 19, 1998)

• Building on Success: A Report from Eastward Ho! (Dec. 1998)

• A Report on Energy Issues (Dec. 1997)

• Seepage Management (Sept. 1997)

• A Conceptual Plan for the C&SF Project Restudy (Aug. 28, 1996)

• Initial Report (Oct. 1, 1995)

• Everglades Water Budget Presentation (July 20, 1995)

• Aquifer Storage Recovery Presentation (May 23, 1996)