Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades The First Biennial Review, 2006 (2007) / Chapter Skim
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. Uniquely shaped by the slow flow of water, its vast landscape of sawgrass plains, ridges, sloughs, and tree islands supported a high diversity of plant and animal life.
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SOURCE: Courtesy of Christopher McVoy, Jayantha Obeysekera, and Winifred Said, South Florida Water Management District. Comprehensive Review Study Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Pro grammatic Environmental Impact Statement (USACE and SFWMD, 1999)
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The NRC's Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE) , which operated from 1999 until 2004, was formed at the request of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force and produced six reports.
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• The South Florida ecosystem (also known as the Greater Everglades Ec osystem; see Figure 1-3) extends from the headwaters of the Kissimmee River near Orlando through Lake Okeechobee and Everglades National Park into Florida Bay and ultimately the Florida Keys.
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Introduction 19 FIGURE 1-3 The South Florida ecosystem. © International Mapping Associates.
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discussion and evaluation of specific scientific and engineering is sues that may impact progress in achieving the natural system restoration goals of the Plan; and 4. independent review of monitoring and assessment protocols to be used for evaluation of CERP progress (e.g., CERP performance measures, annual assessment reports, assessment strategies)
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Introduction 21 FIGURE 1-4 Land and waters managed by the state of Florida and the federal government for conservation purposes within the South Florida ecosystem as of December 2005. SOURCE: Based on data compiled by Florida State University's Florida Natural Areas Inventory (http://www.fnai.org/gisdata.cfm)
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, The RECOVER Team's Recommendations for Interim Goals and Interim Targets for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (RECOVER, 2005b) , and the September 2005 Draft CERP Adaptive Management Strategy (RECOVER, 2005c; superseded by RECOVER, 2006a)
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