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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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DOES WATER FLOW INFLUENCE EVERGLADES LANDSCAPE PATTERNS?

Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

Water Science and Technology Board

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

Division on Earth and Life Studies

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OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Supported by the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, U.S. Department of the Interior, under assistance of Cooperative Agreement No. 5280-9-9029, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authoring committee and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U. S. Government.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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COMMITTEE ON RESTORATION OF THE GREATER EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM (CROGEE)1,2

JEAN M. BAHR, Chair,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

SCOTT W. NIXON3, Vice-Chair,

University of Rhode Island, Narragansett

BARBARA L. BEDFORD3,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

LINDA K. BLUM3,

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

PATRICK L. BREZONIK,

University of Minnesota, St. Paul

FRANK W. DAVIS,

University of California, Santa Barbara

WILLIAM L. GRAF,

University of South Carolina, Columbia

WAYNE C. HUBER3,

Oregon State University, Corvallis

STEPHEN R. HUMPHREY3,

University of Florida, Gainesville

DANIEL P. LOUCKS3,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

KENNETH W. POTTER3,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

KENNETH H. RECKHOW,

Duke University

LARRY ROBINSON,

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee

HENRY J. VAUX, JR.

University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Oakland

JOHN VECCHIOLI,

U.S. Geological Survey (ret.), Odessa, Florida

JEFFREY R. WALTERS3,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

NRC Staff

STEPHEN D. PARKER, Director,

Water Science and Technology Board

DAVID J. POLICANSKY, Associate Director,

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

WILLIAM S. LOGAN3, Senior Staff Officer,

Water Science and Technology Board

PATRICIA JONES KERSHAW, Staff Associate,

Water Science and Technology Board

EMILY ANDERSON, Science and Technology Policy Intern,

Water Science and Technology Board

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The activities of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE) are overseen and supported by the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board (lead) and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (see Appendix B).

2  

Biographical sketches of committee members are contained in Appendix C.

3  

A subgroup consisting of CROGEE members Ken Potter (chair), Barbara Bedford, Linda Blum, Wayne Huber, Steve Humphrey, Pete Loucks, Scott Nixon, and Jeff Walters, with support from NRC senior staff officer William Logan and staff associate Patricia Jones Kershaw, took the lead in drafting this report.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2003. Does Water Flow Influence Everglades Landscape Patterns?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10758.
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Preface

This report is a product of the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE), which provides consensus advice to the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (“Task Force”). The Task Force was established in 1993 and was codified in the 1996 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA); its responsibilities include the development of a comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving and protecting the south Florida ecosystem, and the coordination of related research. The CROGEE, established in 1999, works under the auspices of the Water Science and Technology Board and the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the National Research Council.

The CROGEE’s mandate (see Box ES-1) includes providing the Task Force with scientific overview and technical assessment of the restoration activities and plans, while also providing focused advice on technical topics of importance to the restoration efforts. One such topic addressed by the Committee, under the purview of its approved CROGEE task category of Ecological Indicators, is the methods by which hydrologic performance measures are identified for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and the way that these measures will be used to assess the restoration process.

The Workshop on Flows and Levels in the Ridge and Slough Region of the Everglades, held by the CROGEE in Miami, Florida, on October 15, 2002, examined how flow might be incorporated into hydrologic performance measures for restoration, and what the practical implications of this might be. The workshop was open to the public and was attended by about 50 people from federal, state, and local government, universities, consulting firms, and environmental organizations. The agenda and list of attendees are shown in Appendix A.

The basis for the workshop was the Science Coordination Team’s (SCT) August 2002 draft White Paper titled The Role of Flow in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape. Reviewers’ comments on this draft were also available. A panel of experts was assembled to give presentations, participate in discussions, and answer questions on the theme of the workshop. Subsequent to the workshop, the CROGEE deliberated the issues on several occasions. The conclusions and recommendations of this report take into account a subsequent revision of the White Paper by the SCT. The executive summary of the final version of the White Paper is in Appendix E, and the full report is available online at http://www.sfrestore.org/sct/docs/.

The CROGEE is grateful for the assistance of the scientists and engineers at the workshop who freely shared their insights. These included (listed alphabetically): Tom Armentano (National Park Service), Nick Aumen (National Park Service), Ronnie Best (U.S. Geological Survey), Dan Childers (Florida International University), Billy Cypress (Miccosukee Tribe of Indians), Elizabeth Crisfield (National Park Service), Steve Davis

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(South Florida Water Management District), Robert Fennema (SAIC), Harry Jenter (U.S. Geological Survey), Bob Johnson (National Park Service), Bill Loftus (U.S. Geological Survey), Tom MacVicar (MacVicar, Federico & Lamb, Inc.), Christopher McVoy (South Florida Water Management District), John Ogden (South Florida Water Management District), Terry Rice (independent consultant), Fred Sklar (South Florida Water Management District), Kim Taplin (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Tom Van Lent (National Park Service), Randy Van Zee (South Florida Water Management District), and Dewey Worth (South Florida Water Management District). I thank the CROGEE members for their work on this report, especially a subgroup led by Ken Potter and including Barbara Bedford, Linda Blum, Wayne Huber, Steve Humphrey, Pete Loucks, Scott Nixon, and Jeff Walters. With assistance from NRC staff officer William Logan and staff associate Patricia Jones Kershaw, they took the lead in drafting this report.

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

John W. Day, Jr., Louisiana State University

Paul H. Glaser, University of Minnesota

Denise Janet Reed, University of New Orleans

Bruce L. Rhoads, University of Illinois

Rebecca R. Sharitz, University of Georgia and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

Raymond Torres, University of South Carolina

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Stephen J. Burges, University of Washington, Seattle. Appointed by the National Research Council, Dr. Burges was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

Jean M. Bahr, Chair

Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem

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The report evaluates a White Paper written by restoration planners in South Florida on the role of water flow in restoration plans. The report concludes that there is strong evidence that the velocity, rate, and spatial distribution of water flow play important roles in maintaining the tree islands and other ecologically important landscape features of the Everglades.

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