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New Biennial Review Says Stronger Science Support Needed as Everglades Restoration Pivots from Planning to Operations

News Release

As the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) pivots from planning to operations, a strong organizational foundation for science will be essential to inform management and future actions for the ecosystem, which remains vulnerable to continued degradation, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The Everglades

Featured Publications

Exploring Key Research and Monitoring Topics for U.S. Engagement in the Fifth International Polar Year: Proceedings of a Workshop

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Measuring Biodiversity for Addressing the Global Biodiversity Crisis: Summary of the 2025 US-UK Scientific Forum

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Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment: Review of Draft Chapters

Consensus Study Report

2025

State of Knowledge Regarding Transmission, Spread, and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Captive and Free-Ranging Cervid Populations

Consensus Study Report

2025

A Vision for Continental-Scale Biology: Research Across Multiple Scales

Consensus Study Report

2025

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U.S. Army National Guard Joint Base Cape Cod Small Arms Ranges and Their Impact on the Cape Cod Sole Source Aquifer

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

Initiative

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Review of Progress Toward Implementing the Decadal Survey-Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Review of Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research (ICCOPR) 2022-2027 Research and Technology Plan

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Effective Approaches for Monitoring and Assessing Gulf of Mexico Restoration Activities

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Evaluation of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Responding to Oil Spills in Arctic Marine Environments

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA

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The Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution

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Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

Initiative

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Forum on Preparing for Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility Services

Roundtable/Forum

Standing Committee on Environmental Science and Assessment for Ocean Energy Management

Standing Committee

Earth Systems and Resources Program Area

Oversight Unit

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Life Sciences and Biotechnology Program Area

Oversight Unit

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Center for Health, People, and Places (CHPP)

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Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA)

Standing Committee

Climate Crossroads

Oversight Unit

Polar Research Board

Standing Committee

U.S. National Committee for Geological Sciences (USNC/IUGS)

Standing Committee

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