ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
ASR | aquifer storage and recovery |
BACI | before-after-control-impact |
BMP | best management practice |
CEPP | Central Everglades Planning Project |
CERP | Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan |
CESI | Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative |
CHIP | Cattail Habitat Improvement Project |
CIPs | capital improvement plans |
CISRERP | Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades |
Restoration Progress | |
COP | combined operational plan |
CREW | Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed |
CROGEE | Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades |
Ecosystem | |
C&SF | Central and Southern Florida |
CSSS | Cape Sable seaside sparrows |
CWA | Clean Water Act |
DMSTA | Dynamic Model for Stormwater Treatment Areas |
DO | dissolved oxygen |
DOI | U.S. Department of the Interior |
DPM | Decomp Physical Model |
EAA | Everglades Agricultural Area |
EDEN | Everglades Depth Estimation Network |
EFA | Everglades Forever Act |
ELM | Everglades Landscape Model |
ELVM | Elevated Landscape Vegetation Model |
ENP | Everglades National Park |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ERTP | Everglades Restoration Transition Plan |
ESM | Everglades Soil Mapping |
FAC | Florida Administrative Code |
FDACS | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
FDEP | Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
FFTF | Florida Forever Trust Fund |
FWS | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
FY | fiscal year |
GEER | Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration |
IDS | Integrated Delivery Schedule |
IGs | Interim Goals |
IOP | Interim Operational Plan |
IRL-S | Indian River Lagoon-South |
LNWR | Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge |
LOER | Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery |
LOPA | Lake Okeechobee Protection Act |
LOPP | Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan |
LPA | Limestone Products Association |
MAF | million acre-feet |
MAP | monitoring and assessment plan |
MARES | Marine and Estuarine Goal Setting for the South Florida |
Ecosystem | |
MCDA | Multicriteria Decision Analysis |
MGD | million gallons per day |
mt | metric tons |
NEEPP | Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
NOAA | National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration |
NPS | National Park Service |
NRC | National Research Council |
PDT | project delivery team |
PIRs | project implementation reports |
ppb | parts per billion |
RECOVER | Restoration, Coordination, and Verification |
R-EMAP | Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program |
RSM | Regional Simulation Model |
SAV | submerged aquatic vegetation |
SERES | Synthesis of Everglades Research and Ecosystem Services |
SFER | South Florida Environmental Report |
SFERTF | South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force |
SFWMD | South Florida Water Management District |
SFWMM | South Florida Water Management Model |
SOETF | Save Our Everglades Trust Fund |
SR | State Road |
SSAC | site specific alternative criteria |
SSR | System Status Report |
STA | stormwater treatment area |
STKG | Scientific and Technical Knowledge Gained |
SWIM | Surface Water Improvement and Management |
TMDL | total maximum daily load |
TN | total nitrogen |
TP | total phosphorus |
USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
WCA | Water Conservation Area |
WPA | Water Preserve Area |
WQ | water quality |
WQS | water quality standards |
WQBEL | water quality based effluent limit |
WRDA | Water Resources Development Act |
WY | water year |
5YrTMA | Five-year trailing moving averages |