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of America’s Everglades & the South Florida Ecosystem

Restoration. the. of America’s Everglades & the South Florida Ecosystem. History Lesson South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Program Kissimmee Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Acceler8 Changes within Corps Implementation Challenges. Presentation Outline.

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of America’s Everglades & the South Florida Ecosystem

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  1. Restoration the of America’s Everglades & the South Florida Ecosystem

  2. History Lesson South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Program Kissimmee Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Acceler8 Changes within Corps Implementation Challenges Presentation Outline

  3. The “Original” Everglades Ecosystem “River of Grass” Water connected the system, from top to bottom 9 million acres of wetlands providing a variety of habitat Diverse mosaic Kissimmee – Lake O overflow its south bank

  4. WHAT HAPPENED?

  5. Man Moved in and the Weather Changed BC and AD • 1850 – Swamplands Act – Transformation • 1880’s – Disston • Kissimmee River – Navigation • Linked Caloosahatchee River to Lake O • 1890’s – Cut ‘n Try Era – Gov Broward • WPB, Hillsboro, NNR, and Miami Canals • 1920’s – Killer hurricanes • Shifted drainage to controlling flooding • 1930’s – Depression • 1947 – Major hurricanes – 108 inches rain

  6. Cape Canaveral Tampa Stuart Palm Beach Fort Myers Everglades National Park 1947 Flood Miami Areas Flooded 1947 Florida Keys

  7. ORLANDO Kissimmee River Basin TAMPA Lake Okeechobee Caloosahatchee River St. Lucie Canal WEST PALM BEACH FT. MYERS West Palm Beach Canal (C-51 / STA-1E) Southwest Florida MIAMI Everglades National Park Biscayne Bay FL Bay / FL Keys South Dade Co. (C-111) KEY WEST Central & Southern Florida Project (C&SF) • Authorization: Flood Control Act of 1948 + • Purpose: Flood Control, Water • Conservation & Control, Salt • Water Intrusion, F&W, Water • Supply to ENP, FL Bay/FL Keys, • & Environmental Restoration • Features: 46 bridges, 10 locks, • 670 miles of canals, 809 miles of • levees, 130 control & diversion • structures, & 16 pump stations • Project Cost: $2.9B • Cost Share: Varies • Local Sponsor: Various

  8. The Results • Refrigeration/Mosquito Control • Population today ~ 6 million • Multi-Billion Dollar economy focused on tourism, agriculture, and commercial activities

  9. South Florida Flourished

  10. Current Flow Historic Flow

  11. However, the Ecosystem is in Trouble…. • Too much/too little water for the Everglades/south Florida ecosystem • Massive reductions in wading bird populations • Degradation of water quality • Repetitive water shortages and salt water intrusion • Declining estuary health • 1.7 billion gallons of water a day wasted to tide

  12. South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Current Program Critical Projects Program Continuing Authorities Program (1135, 206) Central & Southern Florida Project Kissimmee River Restoration Modified Water Deliveries to ENP Upper St Johns Manatee C-51 / STA-1E C-111 CERP

  13. ORLANDO CAPE CANAVERAL C-35 C-36 C-37 S-65 VERO BEACH S-65-A C-38 S-65B Removed Backfill S-65C Removed S-65-D LAKE ISTOKPOGA S-65-E LOCATION MAP LAKE OKEECHOBEE LAKE OKEECHOBEE Kissimmee River Restoration • Authorization: WRDA 92 • Purpose: Environmental • Restoration • Features: 22 Miles of Canal Backfilling, Levees, Control Structure Expansion, Canal Enlargement, and Structure Removal, Land Acquisition • Project Cost: $572.4M • Cost Share: 50/50 • Local Sponsor: South Florida • Water Management District

  14. Kissimmee River~1980 with Canal

  15. Kissimmee RiverJuly 11, 2001

  16. Rescuing an Endangered Ecosystem: The Plan to Restore America’s Everglades CERP The Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study (The Restudy) On December 11, 2000, the President signed the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, approving: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan A series of environmental and other improvements over 30+ years with an estimated cost of $7.8 billion

  17. Aquifer Storage & Recovery – 330 Wells Surface Water Storage Reservoir – 170,000 acres Stormwater Treatment Areas (STAs) – 36,000 acres Reuse Wastewater at 2 Regional Plants Seepage Management Removing 240 miles of Barriers to Sheetflow Operational Changes 68 CERP Components Orlando KissimmeeRiver St. Lucie River CaloosahatcheeRiver Lake West Palm Beach Okeechobee Ft. Myers WCAs Fort Lauderdale Big Cypress National Preserve Miami Everglades National Park Biscayne Bay Florida Bay Florida Keys

  18. CERP Serving as a Model for the Future This Plan represents the largest environmental restoration program that the Corps has ever undertaken. Thus it will serve as a guide for: • restoration programs • inclusive planning and programming • corporate capability • strategic communications plans • adaptive assessment • & management • outreach programs • revised study & implementation process

  19. Get the water right... the principal goal of the Comprehensive Plan is to deliver the right amount of water, of the right quality, to the right places, and at the right time. QQTD

  20. CERP The Partnership • South Florida Water Management District is primary partner • Cost shared 50-50 with credit sharing between projects • Over 30+ years to implement • $172 million each year to operate & maintain (cost shared 50-50) FEDERAL 50% STATE 50% $

  21. CERP Current Flow Historic Flow Future Flow The Goal

  22. What’s ACCELER8? • Accelerate Delivery of CERP Restoration Benefits • State - $1.5 Billion – Certificates of Participation • Accelerate the Entire Program, Not Just the “8” • Impact on Jacksonville District Workload and • The Future in Restoration Efforts

  23. Acceler8 Projects • IRL S – C44 • Picayune Strand • C-43 Storage Reservoir • EAA Storage Reservoir • Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands • C-111 Spreader Canal • WPAs • Site 1 • C-9 • C-11 • Seepage Management • Acme B • EAA STAs (B&C)

  24. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN Changes in the Corps

  25. Jacksonville District Restoration Program Division • Dennis Duke – Program Manager • Jim Boone – RECOVER • Cheryl Ulrich - Program Execution • Provides strategic direction on project implementation issues, • sponsor issues and internal Corps coordination issues • Core Project Teams • Dedicated core team members • Must have approval from Executive Office to be reassigned • All team members remain assigned to their functional org • Number one priority C&SF projects

  26. Restoration Program Division RECOVER PROGRAM EXECUTION SFWMD DEP PM SFWMD PM Constr CST Project Mgt CST CO Lead PTL Environ Lead Contract CST CT Lead Cost Est Lead Engineering CST ETL H&H Lead Geotech Lead Regulatory CST RD Lead Design Lead FWS Lead Planning CST Econ Lead Counsel CST Real Estate CST DOI ENP FWS CST - CERP Support Teams Core/Special Team

  27. Partnership 50%/50% Project Managers (Two now Three) Creating Guidance as We Are Implementing System versus Project Specific Inter-connected ecosystem Expectation Management Master Implementation Sequencing Plan Dependence on Models Communication Public, Stakeholders and World in Watching Challenges

  28. Where Do You Believe Ecosystem Restoration Will Be In 2015?

  29. How to keep up www.evergladesplan.org

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