| South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task
Force* In 1993 a federal ecosystem restoration Task Force was
established through an interagency agreement. The Task Force was created “to
coordinate the development of consistent policies, strategies, plans, programs, and
priorities for addressing the environmental concerns of the South Florida ecosystem.”
The Task Force was later formalized and expanded to include tribal, state, and local
governments by the 1996 Water Resources Development Act. The purpose of the expanded Task
Force is to facilitate implementation of the South Florida restoration effort. In this
capacity it serves as an information clearinghouse and coordinating entity that helps
guide the restoration effort, keep it on track, and ensure fiscal accountability.
Clarence E. Anthony
Mayor, City of South Bay
Patricia J. Beneke, Chair
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
U. S. Department of the Interior
Michael L. Davis
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
John Horsley
Associate Deputy Secretary and Director
Office of Intermodalism
U.S. Department of Transportation
Glenda Humiston
Deputy Under Secretary for National Resources
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dexter Lehtinen
Special Assistant for Everglades Issues
to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
Buddy MacKay (retiring from Task Force)
Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Alex Penelas
Mayor, Metropolitan Dade County
Jonathan Charles Fox
Assistant Administrator for Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lois Schiffer
Assistant Attorney General
Environment and Natural Resources
U.S. Department of Justice
Jim Shore
General Counsel to the Seminole Tribe of Florida
Virginia Wetherell (retiring from Task Force)
Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Frank “Sonny” Williamson, Jr.
Chairman, South Florida Water Management District Governing Board
Sally J. Yozell
Deputy Assistant Secretary – Oceans and Atmosphere
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
*Members as of December 1998 |
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