South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Working Group*

Members

Charles (Chuck) Aller, Director
Office of Agricultural Water Policy
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs

Ernest (Ernie) Barnett, Director
Ecosystem Planning and Coordination
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

G. Ronnie Best, Ph.D, PWS, Chief
Restoration Ecology Branch
U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division

Bradford E. (Brad) Brown, Director
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Billy D. Causey, Superintendent
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Barbara Bernier Culhane
District Environmental Administrator
Florida Department of Transportation

Wayne E. Daltry, Executive Director
Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council

Frank M. Duke, Director
Palm Beach County Planning Department

Truman Eugene (Gene) Duncan
Water Resources Director
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Stephen Forsythe, Supervisor
South Florida Ecosystem Office
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Jim Harriman
Natural Resources Officer, Eastern Area Office
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Richard Harvey, Vice Chair
Director, South Florida Field Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Aaron Higer, Ecosystem Coordinator,
U.S. Geological Survey – Water Resources Division

Lisa Hogan
Assistant United States Attorney
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Civil Division

Kristina B. Katsaros, Director
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Neal McAliley, Trial Attorney
Environmental and Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Col. Joe R. Miller, District Engineer
Jacksonville District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mary Ann Poole
Office of Environmental Services
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission

Sam Poole, Chair
Executive Director
South Florida Water Management District

Fred Rapach
Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department

John Renfrow, Director
Dade County Department of Environmental Resources

Col. (retired) Terry L. Rice
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida

Richard G. (Dick) Ring, Superintendent
Everglades National Park

Jim Skinner, Division Administrator
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation

Richard (Rick) Smith
Senior Governmental Analyst
Office of the Governor of Florida

Ron Smola, Environmental Liaison
Natural Resources Conservation Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Steve Somerville, Director
Broward County Department of Natural Resources

L. Benjamin Starrett, Administrator
Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination
Florida Department of Community Affairs

Craig D. Tepper
Water Resources Director
Seminole Tribe of Florida

Special Advisors

Dr. Bonnie Kranzer
Executive Director
Governor’s Commission for a Sustainable South Florida

Terrence “Rock” Salt
Executive Director
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

*Members as of December 1998

Index

A Word from the Task Force

Purpose of this Report

The South Florida Ecosystem

Fixing the Problem

Progress Made

The Future

The Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida

The South Florida Ecosystem Working Group

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