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ADAPTIVE MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN

Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Water Science and Technology Board

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Division on Earth and Life Studies

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES


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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Supported by the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, U.S. Department of the Interior, under assistance of Cooperative Agreement No. 5280-9-9029 and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U. S. Government.

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Cover: Great White Heron in Everglades National Park. Photograph by Patricia Jones Kershaw. Used with permission.

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

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COMMITTEE ON RESTORATION OF THE GREATER EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM (CROGEE)1

JEAN M. BAHR, Chair,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

SCOTT W. NIXON, Vice-Chair,

University of Rhode Island, Narragansett

JOHN S. ADAMS2,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

BARBARA L. BEDFORD,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

LINDA K. BLUM3,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

PATRICK L. BREZONIK,

University of Minnesota, St. Paul

FRANK W. DAVIS3,

University of California, Santa Barbara

WILLIAM L. GRAF,

University of South Carolina, Columbia

WAYNE C. HUBER,

Oregon State University, Corvallis

STEPHEN R. HUMPHREY,

University of Florida, Gainesville

DANIEL P. LOUCKS3,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

KENNETH W. POTTER,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

KENNETH H. RECKHOW,

Duke University

LARRY ROBINSON3,

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee

REBECCA R. SHARITZ2,

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, and University of Georgia, Athens

HENRY J. VAUX, JR.

University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Oakland

JOHN VECCHIOLI,

U.S. Geological Survey (ret.), Odessa, Florida

JEFFREY R. WALTERS3,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

NRC Staff

STEPHEN D. PARKER, Director,

Water Science and Technology Board

DAVID J. POLICANSKY3, Associate Director,

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

WILLIAM S. LOGAN, Senior Staff Officer,

Water Science and Technology Board

PATRICIA JONES KERSHAW, Staff Associate,

Water Science and Technology Board

ANITA HALL, Senior Project Assistant,

Water Science and Technology Board

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The activities of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE) are overseen and supported by the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board (lead) and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (see Appendix B).

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Member of the committee through December 31, 2002.

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A subgroup consisting of CROGEE members Linda Blum (subgroup chair), Frank Davis, Pete Loucks, Larry Robinson, and Jeffrey Walters, with support from NRC senior staff officer David Policansky, took the lead in drafting this report.

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Preface

This report is a product of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (“Task Force”). The Task Force was established in 1993 and was codified in the 1996 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA); its responsibilities include the development of a comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving and protecting the south Florida ecosystem, and the coordination of related research. The CROGEE works under the auspices of the Water Science and Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the National Research Council.

The CROGEE’s mandate includes providing the Task Force with scientific overview and technical assessment of the restoration activities and plans, while also providing focused advice on technical topics of importance to the restoration efforts. One such topic is the methods by which ecological performance measures and system level conditions are identified for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) and the way that these measures and conditions will be used to assess the restoration process.

To obtain a better understanding of the process for selecting the CERP MAP performance measures, the CROGEE held a one-day “Adaptive Assessment and Monitoring” workshop on November 28, 2001 in Ft. Myers, Florida (see Appendix A for agenda and list of participants). The CROGEE used the March 29, 2001 Monitoring and Assessment Plan developed by the Adaptive Assessment Team (AAT) of the Restoration Coordination and Verification (RECOVER) team as a basis for the workshop. A panel of experts on the plan was assembled to answer questions from the committee. The topics addressed at the workshop included proposed ecological performance measures, measurement of stressors and impact on restoration goals, performance measure prioritization strategies, design of the monitoring program, relationship between construction projects and monitoring, impact of ecological response on construction projects, use of monitoring information to alter management, and reality of applying adaptive assessment. Subsequent to the workshop, the CROGEE deliberated the issues on numerous occasions. I thank the CROGEE members for their work on this report, especially a subgroup led by Linda Blum and including Frank Davis, Pete Loucks, Larry Robinson, and Jeff Walters. With assistance from NRC staff officers David Policansky, William Logan, and Stephen Parker, they took the lead in drafting the report.

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The CROGEE is grateful for the assistance of many individuals during the data collection phase of this report. These include Laura Brandt (USFWS),1 Co-chair Adaptive Assessment Team; Col. Terrence “Rock” Salt, Executive Director of the Task Force; members of the Program Management Committee and the many scientists at the workshop who freely shared their insights.

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Peter Frederick, University of Florida

John Hobbie, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

Michael Newman, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Gordon Orians, University of Washington (Emeritus)

Nancy Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

Steven Sanderson, Wildlife Conservation Society

Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee

Carol Wicks, University of Missouri-Columbia

Joy Zedler, University of Wisconsin

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Dr. John Pastor, University of Minnesota. Appointed by the National Research Council, Dr. Pastor was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

Jean M. Bahr, Chair

Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

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Although Laura Brandt was an important contributor, the science panel for the November 2001 CROGEE workshop was chaired by John Ogden (SFWMD) and an important contributor was Steve Davis (SFWMD).

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The report evaluates the plan to monitor and assess the condition of Florida's Everglades as restoration efforts proceed. The report finds that the plan is well grounded in scientific theory and principals of adaptive management. However, steps should be taken to ensure that information from those monitoring the ecology of the Everglades is readily available to those implementing the overall restoration effort. Also, the plan needs to place greater consideration on how population growth and land-use changes will affect the restoration effort and vice versa.

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