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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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Acronyms

AF

acre-feet

AMO

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

ARS

Agricultural Research Service

ASR

aquifer storage and recovery

BCNP

Big Cypress National Preserve

BCWPA

Broward County Water Preserve Areas

BIA

Bureau of Indian Affairs

BMP

best management practice

CEPP

Central Everglades Planning Project

CERP

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

CESI

Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

CFU

colony-forming unit

CISRERP

Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

COP

combined operational plan

CROGEE

Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

C&SF

Central and Southern Florida

DACS

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

DOI

U.S. Department of the Interior

DOP

dissolved organic phosphorus

DPI

Florida Department of Plant Industry

DPM

Decomp Physical Model

EAA

Everglades Agricultural Area

EAV

emergent aquatic vegetation

ECISMA

Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Act

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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EDDMapS

Early Detection and Distribution Management System

EDRR

early detection and rapid response

EIRAMP

Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program

ENP

Everglades National Park

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

ERTP

Everglades Restoration Transition Plan

FACA

Federal Advisory Committee Act

FEB

flow equalization basin

FWC

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

FWM

flow-weighted mean

FWO

future without the project

FWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

FY

fiscal year

GCM

general circulation model

GIS

geographic information system

HASR

Hillsboro Aquifer Storage and Recovery

HSI

habitat suitability index

IDS

Integrated Delivery Schedule

IOP

Interim Operational Plan

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPR

in-progress review

IRL-S

Indian River Lagoon-South

KRASR

Kissimmee River Aquifer Storage and Recovery

LNWR

Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

LOER

Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery

LOPA

Lake Okeechobee Protection Act

LOPP

Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan

LORS

Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule

LPA

Limestone Products Association

MAP

monitoring and assessment plan

MCDA

Multi Criteria Decision Analysis

MGD

million gallons per day

NAVD

North American Vertical Datum

Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Research Council. 2014. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fifth Biennial Review: 2014. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18809.
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NCRS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

NEPA

National Environmental Policy Act

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS

National Park Service

NRC

National Research Council

OERI

Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives

PDT

project delivery team

PIRs

project implementation reports

PP

particulate phosphorus

PPA

project partnership agreement

ppb

parts per billion

PPDR

Pilot Project Design Report

RCP

Representative Concentration Pathway

RECOVER

Restoration, Coordination, and Verification

SAV

submerged aquatic vegetation

SCG

Science Coordination Group

SFERTF

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

SFWMD

South Florida Water Management District

SFWMM

South Florida Water Management Model

SSR

System Status Report

STA

Stormwater Treatment Area

TIME

Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades

TP

total phosphorus

TSP

Tentatively Selected Plan

USACE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

WCA

Water Conservation Area

WQ

Water Quality

WQBEL

water quality-based effluent limit

WRDA

Water Resources Development Act

WRRDA

Water Resources Reform and Development Act

WY

water year

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The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade.

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the fifth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. The report makes recommendations for restoration activities, project management strategies, management of invasive nonnative species, and high-priority research needs.

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