Federal Objectives

for

The South Florida Restoration

by

The Science Sub-Group

of

The South Florida Management and Coordination Working Group

 

November 15, 1993

 

This document was prepared by:

 

James Weaver, NBS**

Bradford Brown, NOAA/NMFS**

Joan Browder, NOAA/NMFS*

Wiley Kitchens, NBS*

David Wesley, USFWS

Lawrence Burns, EPA*

Dan Scheidt, EPA*

David Ferrell, USFWS

Nancy Thompson, NOAA/NMFS

John Ogden, NPS/ENP

Tom Armentano, NPS/ENP*

Michael Robblee, NBS

William Loftus, NPS/ENP

Barry Glaz, USDA*

Peter Ortner, NOAA/ORA*

 

The Science Sub-Group

wishes to thank

the following persons for their contributions

 

David Unsell, SFWMD

Nicholas Aumen, SFWMD

Michael Rose, SFWMD

Steven Davis, SFWMD

Thomas Bancroft, NAS

 

Other Science Sub-Group meeting participants: Robert Halley, USGS, John Klein, NOAA/NOS/ORCA, Michael Crosby, NOAA/COP, Douglas Morrison, USFWS, Robert Doren, NPS/ENP, Robert Johnson, NPS/ENP, Eric Swain, USGS, Aaron Higer, USGS, Hanley Smith, ACOE.

 

Cover: Courtesy of South Florida Water Management District

Composite Landsat TM, 1988

 

** Sub-Group Co-chair

* Agency-designated member of Sub-Group

 

Index:

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Input for the Central and South Florida Project

Regional Approach to Hydrologic-Ecologic Restoration of the South Florida Ecosystem

   -Introduction

    -Significance of Resoration

    -Description of the Natural System

    -The Altered System

    -Definition of Restoration and the Adaptive Process

    -Restoration Goals

    -Restoration Approach

    -Definition of Restoration Area

    -Implications of Restoration for Agriculture

    -Regional Restoration Success Criteria

    -Introduction to Sub-Region Objectives

    -Sub-region 1 (Upper Chain of Lakes and Kissimmee River)

    -Sub-region 2 (Lake Okeechobee and the East/West Waterways)

    -Sub-region 3 (North Palm Beach, Martin, and South St. Lucie Counties)

    -Sub-region 4 (Everglades Agricultural Area)

    -Sub-region 5 (Everglades Water Conservation Areas)

    -Sub-region 6 (Big Cypress North to Caloosahatchee River)

    -Sub-region 7 (Everglades National Park & East Everglades)

    -Sub-region 8 (Coastal Areas, Florida Bay, Florida Reef Tract, and Florida

     Keys to Dry Tortugas

    -Sub-region 9 (Lower East Coast Urban Area)

    -References and Source Materials

    -Appendix I

    -Appendix II

    -Appendix III

   -Figure 1

   -Figure 2

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   -Figure 4

   -Figure 5

   -Figure 6

   -Figure 7

   -Figure 8

   -Figure 9