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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study, Jacksonville District
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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Pages : 298
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Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District
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Category : Kissimmee River (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : Kissimmee River (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Special Report
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Category : Dikes (Engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Dikes (Engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030945090X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the sixth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. This report examines the implications of knowledge gained and changes in widely accepted scientific understanding regarding pre-drainage hydrology, climate change, and the feasibility of water storage since the CERP was developed.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030945090X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The Everglades ecosystem is vast, stretching more than 200 miles from Orlando to Florida Bay, and Everglades National Park is but a part located at the southern end. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the historical Everglades has been reduced to half of its original size, and what remains is not the pristine ecosystem many image it to be, but one that has been highly engineered and otherwise heavily influenced, and is intensely managed by humans. Rather than slowly flowing southward in a broad river of grass, water moves through a maze of canals, levees, pump stations, and hydraulic control structures, and a substantial fraction is diverted from the natural system to meet water supply and flood control needs. The water that remains is polluted by phosphorus and other contaminants originating from agriculture and other human activities. Many components of the natural system are highly degraded and continue to degrade. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades is the sixth biennial review of progress made in meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). This complex, multibillion-dollar project to protect and restore the remaining Everglades has a 30-40 year timeline. This report assesses progress made in the various separate project components and discusses specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact further progress. According to Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades, a dedicated source of funding could provide ongoing long-term system-wide monitoring and assessment that is critical to meeting restoration objectives. This report examines the implications of knowledge gained and changes in widely accepted scientific understanding regarding pre-drainage hydrology, climate change, and the feasibility of water storage since the CERP was developed.
Everglades
Author: Steve Davis
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780963403025
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
The 31 chapters provide a wealth of previously unpublished information, plus topic syntheses, for a wide range of ecological parameters. These include the physical driving forces that created and continue to shape the Everglades and patterns and processes of its flora and fauna. The book summarizes recent studies of the region's vegetation, alligators, wading birds, and endangered species such as the snail kite and Florida panther. This referee-reviewed volume is the product of collaboration among 58 international authors from 27 institutional affiliations over nearly five years. The book concludes with a synthesis of system-wide restoration hypotheses, as they apply to the Everglades, that represent the integration and a collective viewpoint from the preceding 30 chapters. Techniques and systems learned here can be applied to ecosystems around the world.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780963403025
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
Book Description
The 31 chapters provide a wealth of previously unpublished information, plus topic syntheses, for a wide range of ecological parameters. These include the physical driving forces that created and continue to shape the Everglades and patterns and processes of its flora and fauna. The book summarizes recent studies of the region's vegetation, alligators, wading birds, and endangered species such as the snail kite and Florida panther. This referee-reviewed volume is the product of collaboration among 58 international authors from 27 institutional affiliations over nearly five years. The book concludes with a synthesis of system-wide restoration hypotheses, as they apply to the Everglades, that represent the integration and a collective viewpoint from the preceding 30 chapters. Techniques and systems learned here can be applied to ecosystems around the world.
Central and Southern Florida Project, Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs
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Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Pages : 330
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Florida's Everglades Stormwater Treatment Area Construction Project, Lake Okeechobee County, Palm Beach County, Hendry County
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Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Pages : 552
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Central and Southern Florida Project Comprehensive Review Study: annx. A - Draft Coordination Act reports; annx. B - Programmatic biological opinion; annx. C - Section 404 (b) (1) evaluation; annx. D - Coastal zone consistency evaluation
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Trade-off Analysis for Environmental Projects
Author: Timothy D. Feather
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Category : Conjoint analysis (Marketing)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Category : Conjoint analysis (Marketing)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Trade-Off Analysis for Environmental Projects: An Annotated Bibliography
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428914692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428914692
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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