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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review - 2008 (2008)

Chapter: Appendix F: Performance Measures

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Performance Measures." National Research Council. 2008. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review - 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12469.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Performance Measures." National Research Council. 2008. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review - 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12469.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Performance Measures." National Research Council. 2008. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review - 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12469.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Performance Measures." National Research Council. 2008. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review - 2008. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12469.
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Appendix F Performance Measures Used for Required for Assessment Compliance (A) and/or Purposes Evaluation (e.g., ESA, Has an Interim Performance Measures (E)? NEPA, etc)? Goal? Lake Okeechobee Performance Measures • Lake Okeechobee Stage A, E yes • Lake Okeechobee Water Quality A TMDL • Lake Okeechobee Diatom-Cyanobacteria Ratio A • Lake Okeechobee Vegetation Mosaic A • Lake Okeechobee Fish Population A • Lake Okeechobee Macroinvertebrates A Northern Estuaries Performance Measures • Northern Estuaries Salinity A ,E • Northern Estuaries Water Quality A • Northern Estuaries Oyster Habitat A yes • Northern Estuaries Benthic Macroinvertebrates A yes • Northern Estuaries Submerged Aquatic Vegetation A • Northern Estuaries Fish Communities A Greater Everglades Wetlands Performance Measures • Sheet flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape E yes (under review) • Wet priarie (under review) E • Number and Duration of Dry Events for Shark River E Slough • Inundation Pattern in Greater Everglades Wetlands E yes • Extreme High and Low Water Levels in Greater Everglades E Wetlands • Greater Everglades Wetlands TP Concentrations in Surface A, E planned yes Water • Greater Everglades Wetlands Basin-wide TP Loading and A, E planned Flow-weighted Mean Concentration in Inflows • Greater Everglades Wetlands Nutrient TN Concentrations A, E planned in Surface Water 303

304 Appendix F Used for Required for Assessment Compliance (A) and/or Purposes Evaluation (e.g., ESA, Has an Interim Performance Measures (E)? NEPA, etc)? Goal? • TN Loads/Flow-weighted Mean Concentration in Inflows A, E planned to Greater Everglades Wetlands • TP Concentrations in Soil A, E planned • Greater Everglades Tracer of Storm-water Treatment Area A Bypass Flows • Greater Everglades Wetlands Sulfate Concentrations in A Surface Water • Greater Everglades Wetlands Conductivity in Surface Water A • Greater Everglades Wetlands Coastal Salinity Gradients A • Wetland Landscape Patterns - Freshwater and Estuarine A Vegetation Mosaics • Wetland Landscape Patterns - Marl Prairie Cape Sable A Sparrow Habitat • Wetland Landscape Patterns - Ridge and Slough A planned yes Community Sustainability • Wetland Landscape Patterns - Tidal Creek Sustainability A • Wetland Trophic Relationships - Periphyton A • Wetland Trophic Relationships - Mangrove Forest A Production/Soil Accretion • Wetland Trophic Relationships - Regional Populations of A yes Fishes, Crayfish, Grass Shrimp and Amphibians • Wetland Trophic Relationships - Wading Bird Foraging A Patterns • Wetland Trophic Relationships - Wading Bird Nesting A yes Patterns • Roseate Spoonbill Nesting Patterns A ESA • Wetland Trophic Relationships - American Alligator A yes Distribution, Size, Nesting, and Condition • American Crocodile – Juvenile Growth and Survival A ESA yes Southern Estuaries Performance Measures • Southern Estuaries Salinity A, E yes • Water Level at Regionally Significant Gauge Stations in A, E Everglades National Park • Southern Estuaries Submerged Aquatic Vegetation A yes • Southern Estuaries Juvenile Pink Shrimp and Associated A yes Epifauna • Southern Estuaries Fish Community A • Southern Estuaries Water Quality A Water Supply and Flood Protection Performance Measures • Frequency of Water Restrictions for Lake Okeechobee A, E Service Area • Frequency of Water Restrictions for Lower East Coast A, E Service Area

Appendix F 305 Used for Required for Assessment Compliance (A) and/or Purposes Evaluation (e.g., ESA, Has an Interim Performance Measures (E)? NEPA, etc)? Goal? • Potential for High Water Levels in South Miami-Dade A, E Agricultural Area • Prevent Saltwater Intrusion of Biscayne Aquifer - Meet A, E Minimum Flows and Levels Criteria for Biscayne Aquifer • Prevent Saltwater Intrusion of Biscayne Aquifer in South A, E Miami-Dade County • Comparison of Stage Differences of Water Levels in South A, E Miami-Dade Agricultural Area Total System Performance Measures • Snail Kite Foraging Conditions A • White Tail Deer Breeding Potential A • Mercury Bioaccumulation A SOURCE: RECOVER (2007b).

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This book is the second biennial evaluation of progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades and return the ecosystem closer to its natural state. Launched in 2000 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, CERP is a multiorganization planning process that includes approximately 50 major projects to be completed over the next several decades.

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review 2008 concludes that budgeting, planning, and procedural matters are hindering a federal and state effort to restore the Florida Everglades ecosystem, which is making only scant progress toward achieving its goals. Good science has been developed to support restoration efforts, but future progress is likely to be limited by the availability of funding and current authorization mechanisms. Despite the accomplishments that lay the foundation for CERP construction, no CERP projects have been completed to date. To begin reversing decades of decline, managers should address complex planning issues and move forward with projects that have the most potential to restore the natural ecosystem.

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