THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING, AND MEDICINE
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Water Science and Technology Board
Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
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Congressional Briefings
Friday, September 27, 2024 – 1:00 p.m.
and
Thursday, October 24, 2024 – 1:00 p.m.
via Zoom
on
Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Tenth Biennial Review - 2024
The Florida Everglades is a treasured ecosystem, but the water quality, quantity, flow, and distribution have been dramatically degraded by drainage and infrastructure development during the past century. A joint effort launched by the State and federal government in 2000, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) seeks to reverse the decline of the ecosystem.
Requested by Congress in P.L. 106-541, the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have provided a biennial review of CERP since 2004. This tenth biennial report in the series highlights significant recent restoration progress and offers guidance in three areas: applying Indigenous Knowledge in project planning, using modeling tools for understanding the effects of climate change on the CERP, and strengthening adaptive management for CERP decision making.
These briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on October 1, 2024 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.