The Biennial Report is the overarching reporting document of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (Task Force). Congressionally required (WRDA 1996), it synthesizes the efforts by Task Force members and reports biennially on progress made toward restoration.
The Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (Section 601) and CERP’s Programmatic Regulations (2003) require the secretaries of the Army and the Interior to jointly submit a report to Congress on the progress of CERP implementation every five years. The report notes accomplishments in areas that include construction, outreach activities, new science, and funding for that five-year period and what is anticipated over the next five years.
The Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP), established by the National Research Council, provides biennial reports on the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan’s progress, accomplishments, and challenges with a particular focus on the role of restoration science.
The Cross-Cut Budget provides coordinated budget requests for the Everglades ecosystem restoration efforts in south Florida with information provided by both federal and state agencies represented on the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.
The Task Force, recognizing the serious threats to the Everglades posed by invasive exotic plants and animals, has established an Invasive Species Strategic Action Framework (Framework). The Framework was developed by an extensive and diverse set of partners including members of the Task Force, Working Group, Science Coordination Group, and the Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECISMA). The Framework delineates shared goals, objectives, and strategies for successfully combating invasive species. Associated documents include a series of case studies and an interagency snapshot budget. These archives include materials from the original 2015 Framework as well as the 2020 update. In addition, the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 directed the Task Force to develop a list of priority invasive species and recommendations to protect the South Florida Ecosystem. Those work products will be posted here as they are developed.
Invasive Species Priority Prevention List and Recommendations Information Sheet
2015 Strategic Action Framework
The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force has established a suite of 11 system-wide ecological indicators to assess current ecosystem health and provide a means to track system-wide ecosystem response to restoration. The system-wide ecological indicators were chosen for their collective ability to comprehensively reflect ecosystem response to restoration in terms of space and time. The System-wide Ecological Indicators for Everglades Restoration reports, produced biennially, contain detailed assessments and a “Stoplight Report” for each indicator in addition to a description of the hydrologic conditions during the reporting period.
OERI Staff and Task Force Membership Lists