Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration: An Assessment of the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R14
Executive Summary 1-6
1 Introduction and Background 7-23
2 Overview of the CESI Program 24-40
3 CESI Program Management 41-53
4 Financial Resources 54-62
5 CESI Science in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration 63-83
6 Conclusions and Recommendations 84-87
References 88-96
Acronyms 97-98
Appendix A: CESI Funded Projects 1997-2002 99-112
Appendix B: CESI-funded Research Projects and Their Relationship 113-130
Appendix C: Future CESI Science Objectives 131-132
Appendix D: Structure of RECOVER 133-136
Appendix E: Memorandum of Understanding for Integration of Research, Planning and Interagency Coordination 137-142
Appendix F: Monitoring and Assessment Plan Conceptual Model 143-145
Appendix G: Conflict Resolution in the Florida Everglades 146-147
Appendix H: Rosters of the Water Science and Technology Board 148-149
Appendix I: Biographical Information of Panel Members and NRC Staff 150-154

FIGURE 1–1 Greater Everglades ecosystem. SOURCE: USGS, 2002a.

In the mid-1880s, Hamilton Disston, the heir of a Philadelphia family fortune, saw the future of the region in the production of fruits and vegetables to be shipped to burgeoning East Coast cities (Trustees, 1881). He spent a decade ditching, draining, clearing, and planting over 50,000 acres north and west of Lake Okeechobee. He and his crops would have had a virtual monopoly in the northern winter markets, but the economic conditions following

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R14

Executive Summary 1-6

1 Introduction and Background 7-23

2 Overview of the CESI Program 24-40

3 CESI Program Management 41-53

4 Financial Resources 54-62

5 CESI Science in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration 63-83

6 Conclusions and Recommendations 84-87

References 88-96

Acronyms 97-98

Appendix A: CESI Funded Projects 1997-2002 99-112

Appendix B: CESI-funded Research Projects and Their Relationship 113-130

Appendix C: Future CESI Science Objectives 131-132

Appendix D: Structure of RECOVER 133-136

Appendix E: Memorandum of Understanding for Integration of Research, Planning and Interagency Coordination 137-142

Appendix F: Monitoring and Assessment Plan Conceptual Model 143-145

Appendix G: Conflict Resolution in the Florida Everglades 146-147

Appendix H: Rosters of the Water Science and Technology Board 148-149

Appendix I: Biographical Information of Panel Members and NRC Staff 150-154